Algeria is to host foreign ministers from the Sahara and Sahel on Tuesday for talks on fighting "a resurgence" in acts of terror, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Ministers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger are due to ...
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday. The West African state, which produces 7.5 percent of the ...
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed Friday a suicide bombing raid on a military outpost in western Niger earlier this week that killed five soldiers and three attackers, monitors said. A Malian security source had previously singled out the Algerian extremist group ...
The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a February 18 coup, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday. "It's a constant source of preoccupation for the AU... it's both a moral and ...
LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader. Reinforcing a view of Niger's ...
The government in Niger on Wednesday appealed for massive emergency aid to avert a food crisis that threatens more than half of the population of the arid west African country. "To the national and international community, I want to launch an emergency ...
Five soldiers and three attackers were killed in a skirmish at a military post in western Niger, the country's government said on Tuesday. A Malian security source said members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were behind the attack, which happened ...
Niger nationals on Tuesday expressed mixed feelings over the make-up of a transition government which includes soldiers and several new civilian faces, announced the previous day. The 20-member cabinet, which includes five senior army officers, will run the vast, dirt-poor but uranium-rich ...
Niger junta names 20 ministers to a new transitional government nearly 2 weeks after coup Niger's military junta has announced new transitional government nearly two weeks after seizing power in the West African nation. State television says coup chief Maj. Salou Djibou ...
The military junta in Niger on Monday formed a new transitional government of 20 ministers, including five soldiers and five women, according to an official statement read on state radio. The defence, sport and environment portfolios went to three generals close to ...
