CAIRO, August 9. /TASS/. Elite units of Niger's army have started advancing towards the airport of the capital Niamey, the Al Arabiya TV channel reported. According to it, elite units of the Niger ...

Indigenisation efforts led by leaders more concerned with self-preservation than national progress often spell disaster.

Niger—a landlocked country of 25 million people in one of the most unstable parts of the world—recently announced it was suspending military cooperation with the United States. For over a ...

Niger is among the countries in the Sahel region to have strengthened military ties with Russia Dozens of Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger as part of a new agreement with the ...

In the West African nation of Niger, killings by insurgents have surged since the military seized power in a coup, expelled U.S. and European troops and stopped negotiations with Islamist groups.

The Nigerian Army has debunked reports that insurgents have taken over a military training area in Kontagora, Niger State ...

The youths, acting under the umbrella of Concerned Shiroro Youths of Niger State further noted that the evacuation of a military base in the area over the death of two soldiers compounded their woes.

How, then, can someone claim we are having problems with the Niger Republic? When asked about General Tiani's allegation that France is financing the Nigerian government to establish a military ...