The Latest Breaking News from Niger

Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by presidential guard members on July 26 and has been detained with his family since then.

The ongoing withdrawal of French troops participating in an anti-jihadist mission in Niger will be complete by 22 December, the Sahel country's army said Tuesday.

The two remaining members of West Africa's G5 Sahel group has said they are paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist alliance, after the other three founding countries recently left.

West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors

The junta in Niger has scrapped two key security agreements with the European Union that were intended to help fight violence in the Sahel region, as the country's army leaders discuss military cooperation with Russian officials.

Niger’s junta on Monday scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight the violence in Africa’s Sahel region as the country's army leaders and a senior Russian defence official discussed military cooperation.

Niger’s junta has scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight violence in Africa’s Sahel region

Niger’s junta on November 27 revoked a 2015 law aimed at curbing migration through a key route in the West African country. While the European Union warned that the decision could lead to an increase in migratory flows to Europe, the decriminalisation of Niger's migrant-smuggling trade could benefit the local…

Reports of gunfire in the capital, followed by a television announcement that the president has been deposed by mutinous soldiers. The increasingly familiar storyline unfolded again this year in Africa — first in Niger and then in Gabon.