Niger lies in a region of West Africa known as the Sahel. This area has been afflicted with numerous coups in recent years that have made it the "longest corridor of military rule on Earth," The ...

LAGOS, Nigeria - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso ... The withdrawal marks yet another chapter to the crises in West Africa, a region gripped by political instability and rising violence, since ...

ACCRA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - West Africa's main regional bloc on Friday said it had agreed an undisclosed "D-Day" for a possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger if diplomatic ...

Niger has strategic importance beyond West Africa because of its role as a hub for foreign troops involved in the fight against Islamist insurgents in the Sahel region and its uranium and oil ...

Nigerians are paying less for petrol than citizens of other West African countries, which pay as high as N3,600 per litre.

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS urged junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali to reconsider ... to curtail a retreat of democracy in West Africa that started with a military takeover in ...

The recent unrest in West Africa indicates that if America doesn’t change its approach, it could lose the continent to China and Russia. Niger’s coup is the ninth in West and Central Africa in ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS said Saturday that it is lifting travel and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing last year’s coup in ...

The top U.S. general is visiting Africa to discuss preserving U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger's decision to expel U.S. military in favor of Russia. Air Force General C.Q. Brown discussed ...

Russia has quietly been distributing its own flags throughout West Africa, where they are now considered “so cool.” By Elian Peltier Reporting from Niamey, Niger Young people in West African ...

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad. We analyse France's shrinking ...