NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — France’s president is paying a visit to the former colony of Niger, a landlocked desert nation in West Africa that has played a key role in French military efforts in the region.

ZINDER, Niger - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan toured the hunger-stricken desert nation of Niger on Tuesday, as a French aid group accused the world body of responding to the crisis too late and ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in direct assistance to Africa's Sahel region Thursday as he visited Niger, seeking to strengthen ties with a country ...

The Niger state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Aminu Musa Bobi, has thrown his weight behind plans by the Niger state coordinators forum to embark on a nationwide tour in ...

NIAMEY, Niger – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the uranium-rich West African nation of Niger. The Iranian leader arrived Monday in Niger's capital, where he was greeted by President ...

The Niger Delta Sports Festival torch began its tour of the participating nine states in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State where the Festival Torch lighting was cheered on by a throng of enthusiastic athletes, ...

The Niger State government has suspended its ongoing tour of Zone B to mourn the death of the Chairman of Katcha local government area, Danlami Abdullahi Saku. Saku died in a fatal auto crash along ...