According to the NGO Acled, the number of deaths in jihadist attacks in Niger have risen since the coup. Niger's military regime has called for the departure of some 1,500 French soldiers present ...

Some 30 people, including Nobel Prize-winners Denis Mukwege and Wole Sonyinka, on Sunday called for the release of Niger’s ex ...

Early on Wednesday morning, the garrison town of Bassa in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State came under severe ...

The attack in Niger state shows the growing reach of jihadists ... Boko Haram and other jihadist groups have waged a 15-year insurgency in northeast Nigeria that has killed more than 40,000 ...

Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has confirmed the killing of 13 people in Wednesday’s attack on Bassa and Anguwan Magiro villages in Shiroro local government ...

The ensuing carnage appears to be the deadliest single attack in the West African country since groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State first spread from neighbouring Mali around 2015.

An attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso last month highlights the ruling military junta's inability to contain escalating jihadist violence, experts say.

Three West African countries run by military juntas will be launching a new biometric passports “in the coming days” as part ...

The European Union has two Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions in Mali and one in Niger. In Mali, these are the EU Training ... though they have faced attack at their base in Koulikoro ...

I have had cause to think about the safety of Abuja, especially the activity of bandits around Kaduna to Abuja highways. A ...

The Global War on Terrorism lived up to its name. The United States paid a heavy toll to wage the GWOT. Terrorists killed ...

The European Union on Wednesday condemned an attack claimed by jihadist rebels that killed ... State has also rocked neighbouring Mali and Niger, killing thousands and displacing millions across ...