ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen raided an orphanage in a community in north-central Nigeria and abducted 23 pupils, the authorities ...

An internal memo obtained by the Associated Press shows that Nigeria's security forces have received intelligence on planned ...

Niger is ready to return the uranium produced by Orano SA at the Somair mine to the French nuclear company, two months after unidentified attackers who staged an assault on the capital came ...

Islamic State Sahel Province fighters shown in a 2019 video released by the jihadist group. In a short statement released online via its Amaq News Agency propaganda outlet, the Islamic State took ...

Truck drivers in Niger now face a stark choice: risk your life or lose your livelihood. Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso are members of the Alliance of Sahel States, a mutual defense pact formed by the ...

Niger’s military junta adopted a sweeping “general mobilization” decree on December 26. The new law grants authorities far-reaching powers to confront security threats, but at the expense of human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Niger has become the latest African nation to retaliate against its inclusion on the Trump administration’s travel ban list, which ...

According to Niger government officials, the country is "completely and permanently prohibiting the issuance of visas to all U.S. citizens." A growing diplomatic standoff is unfolding after one ...

Niger's plans to put uranium produced by Somaïr on the international market were announced on state television, days after Orano condemned a reported shipment of material from the site as illegal.

FIRST ON FOX: U.S. troops trying to combat al Qaeda and ISIS jihadist fighters in Niger and some other West African countries in the terror-ridden Sahel region are reportedly "completely blind," ...

Local Nigerien missionaries are shocked and saddened; foreign workers there provide training, aid, and encouragement. On the night of October 21, three unidentified men kidnapped 48-year-old American ...

The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, has warned anyone with the intention to cause trouble during the Niger State local government elections to have a rethink, as security ...