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 ...

has also pledged troops while Niger’s former colonial power France said it supported ECOWAS’s position. After a meeting of ECOWAS this week, the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and ...

It was last updated on 4 August 2023 A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger has seen a series of coups and political instability in the decades following independence from ...

Niger is the world's poorest nation, according to the UN's benchmark of development of 189 countries, and is struggling with jihadist insurgencies that have spilled over from Mali and Nigeria ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over heightened political tensions in Niger following the decision by the African nation's leader to dissolve Parliament. According to media ...