Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running ...

Johannesburg — Hundreds of people joined demonstrations in Niger's capital city of Niamey on Thursday, protesting against sanctions imposed on the country by many of its neighbors in the wake of ...

Col. Maj. Amadou Abradamane, a spokesman for the junta, accused France of violating Niger’s airspace, which the country had closed on Sunday due to the threat of military intervention.

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country’s military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta’s power grab could have ...

Self-declared Niger leader rejects sanctions, external pressure West African bloc says military option 'last resort' ECOWAS defence chiefs meet in Abuja Niger has been Western ally in fight ...

Rebel soldiers in Niger deposed the country’s Western-allied president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week, amid a backdrop of political upheaval, a rise in Islamist extremism and growing Russian ...

Soldiers in Niger have announced a coup, imposing a curfew and closing borders in a country that is a key U.S. ally in West Africa. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Niger's ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with researcher Andrew Lebovich about the aftermath of the coup in Niger, where leaders of the military say they will prosecute the country's deposed president for treason.

NIAMEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Niger's military government has named new ministers of mining and energy in a government reshuffle, splitting up the previous ministry of mines, petrol and energy into ...

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