Gunmen killed 21 civilians in an attack on a goods convoy in western Niger near the borders with fellow conflict-wracked Sahel states Mali and Burkina Faso, local sources told AFP on Saturday.

On Sunday, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland asserted that an unnamed foreign country had aggressive plans against Niger WASHINGTON ... to a full-blown war in Africa?

In Niger, Army Commanders have stopped UN agencies, NGOs and international organizations from working in military operation zones. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said for security situation and ...

This project investigates how rising levels of insecurity and related international efforts of “securitization” in the context of a Global War on Terror in the ...