Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR (Reuters) -French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture ...

In an interview with The New York Times, a civilian leader of the junta sounded a conciliatory tone. He also said Niger would not summon the Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group.

A court of the West African regional bloc has ordered the release and reinstatement of Niger’s democratically elected president ...

Niger's main mine workers' union has thrown its support behind the military government's planned nationalisation of Somair, one of the world's largest uranium mines, saying output will continue, ...

Niger’s government said Thursday it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano and accused it of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site.

President Mohamed Bazoum was one of the West’s most reliable partners in a volatile region threatened by militant extremists and prone to coups.

Two Western officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is trying to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Ousmane Hassan, a 35-year-old Nigerien father of two, wonders when his savings will run out. Hassan said his business, which involves transporting goods from neighboring Benin ...

DAKAR, Aug 4 (Reuters) - West African defence chiefs have made a plan for potential military intervention to reverse last week's coup in Niger, including how and when to deploy forces, a leader of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French uranium mining company Orano has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the raiding of its local offices, as military authorities ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the closure of its offices in Niger and the departure of its foreign staff, four months after the ruling junta ...