Chanchaga local government council in Niger has distributed textbooks, school uniforms, and school bags to pupils and ...

Shortly afterwards, a neighbour called Rankin overheard Christiana accusing the children of cutting the rope of the washing line in the family compound - blaming their witchcraft for their actions.

"The U.S.-Africa summit is a failure if Americans do not treat Africans as equals," said Arikana Chihombori-Quao, former representative of the African Union to the United States. "Historically, the ...

Da Jonathan Akuns is an economist, convener of the Middle Belt Voice and a member of the Movement for National Reform (MNR).

Niger and Chad, according to the U.N. agency. Prolonged droughts, floods, and "erratic rainfall" in countries across the Sahel region, which stretches across northern-central Africa from Senegal ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had been suffering from medical problems for years. The death was ...

Scientists have warned that the increase in carbon emissions from fossil fuels is driving longer, more intense rainy seasons in countries like Niger. In 2022, 195 people died in similar conditions.

NIAMEY, Niger — Torrential rains in Niger have left 339 people dead and more than 1.1 million displaced since June, state media reported Tuesday, updating a previous toll. Niger’s interior ...

Okaba said it was unfortunate that the ministry was scrapped while the Niger Delta region had continued to bear the burden of the country’s income generation. The Federal Government had on ...

Since it took control over the country in a July 2023 coup, Niger’s military junta has been cutting ties with France and forging stronger ones with fellow juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali.

Niger’s military authorities have banned rice, cereal and other food exports to all countries except fellow junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali to protect local supply, the government has said.