Niger Bound

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to draw up more sanctions on shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner over its involvement in a string of hotspots, the bloc's foreign policy chief said. The private military outfit, which Western capitals see as closely linked to the...

A jihadist attack in Niger's volatile "tri-border" zone with Burkina Faso and Mali has killed dozens of members of a self-defence militia, local sources told AFP on Thursday.  The assault took place on Tuesday at Adab-Dab, a village about 55 kilometres (32 miles) from...

By Selim Saheb Ettaba: West Africa is a small but strategic hub for smugglers moving drugs from Latin America to Europe and the Middle East. What is Africa's role in the drug trade? Africa appears to have become an attractive hub for drug transshipments mainly...

Facing a spate of jihadist attacks, Niger on Friday opened its first military school in the capital Niamey to train future officers.   "We have set in place with this school the final link in the chain for training our military," President Mohamed Bazoum said at the ...