Niger Republic

Niger’s President Mohammed Bazoum on Tuesday decorated Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, with the country's second highest national honour, "de Grand Officer dans I`Ordre", which is the equivalent of Nigeria’s Grand Commander…

Elite troops in Niger thwarted an “attempted coup” early Wednesday, a security source said, just two days before the historic inauguration of Mohamed Bazoum as president of the chronically unstable Sahel nation. Residents…

At least 40 people died in suspected militant attacks in Niger's western Tahoua region on Sunday, hours after the constitutional court validated the election of Mohamed Bazoum as president. Outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou…

Internet connectivity was restored in Niger late Friday, an AFP journalist found, after ten days of interruption following unrest over official results handing the ruling-party candidate a win in last month’s presidential…

Nigerian team has visited Diffa, Niger Republic to finalize strategies for the return of refugees to the country. Thousands of refugees on the wake of Boko Haram crisis have fled Borno State to Diffa in Niger Republic. A…

Forty-two Nigerians have been deported from Niger Republic. The Nigerians were said to have entered Niger Republic illegally in a bid to travel to Europe from the West African country. A statement issued on Friday by…