Niger

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Fifty-eight years ago today, Niger, my country, achieved independence from France. It was a momentous occasion for my country and for a region that...

A rescue official in neighbouring Niger said on Sunday that nearly 600 African migrants in Algeria were abandoned in the desert with hardly any...

Security is set to top the agenda at an African Union summit on Monday, after host Mauritania warned of regional security failings in the face of...

As fireworks were lighting up the skies to usher in the New Year across the world, gunfire was echoing out in Nigeria’s Benue State. On this...

On October 4 an American Special Forces team...

The design of the Mauritanian flag is simple, yet classic: a yellow star-and-crescent set against a rectangle of emerald green.

A total of 736 cases have been officially recorded this year, the local branch of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...

A Nigerien blogger visits villages in Niger, investigating whether child mortality rates have improved since the commitment to the MDGs in 2000.

Photographer Ashley Gilbertson photographed families in seven different countries for Unicef, documenting their comparative daily water use.

"Women in the region are forbidden from wearing the full veil until further notice, in order to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram," Diffa mayor...

Regional forces have gone into action while awaiting the formation of a planned 8 700-strong, five-country force, whose make-up remains to be...