The military junta in Niger announced on August 7 the dissolution of four main justice-sector unions, undermining workers’ ...

Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its ...

Niger's military government has announced the nationalisation of the country's sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of "serious breaches" as the junta ...

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno arrived in Niamey on Wednesday, August 6, for a two-day official visit, where he ...

EDITORIAL. The decline of democracy in Africa has many causes. Among them are France's serious ambiguities, its readiness to ...

Burkina Faso suspended the licence of a popular radio station for allegedly insulting the country's military government by ...

Burkina Faso’s media regulator suspended Radio Omega for three months after it used the term “junta” in a Facebook post ...

The coup in Niger of 26 July, 2023 destabilised the Sahel region, and West Africa as a whole. Two years on, human rights activists say the situation has worsened and continue to call for the release ...

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch joins State Department in warning about Iran's expanding influence in Africa through uranium acquisition, weapons sales and religious indoctrination.

The European Union and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged Niger's ruling junta to release ousted president ...

Niger’s former president, Mohamed Bazoum, remains imprisoned in the presidential palace, two years after he was deposed in a military coup.