Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger's military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation. In a Christmas Day interview, Gen Tchiani ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

Canada’s GoviEx Uranium and its wholly-owned subsidiary GoviEx Niger Holdings Ltd have signed a letter of intent with the ...

However, if the export ban becomes a permanent and not a temporary measure, France's nuclear power sector will have to find a replacement for Niger’s uranium in Canada or Australia, Uvarov said.

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

At its peak, about 1,000 French soldiers were stationed at the base to combat jihadist threats across the region. Despite the ...

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“That weighed heavily on me.” It was true that extremist violence was on the rise, and protests against France, Niger’s former colonial power, were growing more heated. Windows were smashed ...

Niamey (Niger) (AFP) – Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital divide in remote rural ...