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NIAMEY/WASHINGTON—Niger and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops from the West African country, a process that has already begun and will be finished ...

While working to expel Western forces that have previously been stationed in the country, Niger's junta government has ...

If confirmed, the reported deployment is a further sign of Russian penetration into West Africa—at the expense of ...

'Backsliding ... that we haven’t seen in decades, with coups and conflicts and political instability and fraudulent elections ...

More countries announce that they're leaving the G5 Sahel security confederation amid rising jihadist attacks by al-Qaeda and ...

Move is announced on same day that high-level Russian delegation visits Niamey for talks with country’s new leadership.

Three months after a military coup, rights groups have sounded alarm over abuses even as the West African ...

Paris is due to withdraw its 1,500 troops by the end of the year and this may leave ...

PARIS—France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President ...

France's ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, and other diplomats are being held hostage in Niger by the country's ...

JOS, Nigeria—William Murray's Christian path began in San Francisco with a pivot from atheism. On Sept. 1, 43 ...

Commentary The coup in Niger has implications for U.S. foreign policy in Africa and Europe. On Aug. 7, ...

Following a coup against Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum tensions are high in West Africa as regional nations are ...

Commentary What happens now in Africa after the influence of the major foreign powers—the United States, the United ...

Two weeks after Niger’s pro-Western leader was ousted in a military coup, some fellow West African states—but not ...

Ottawa has announced it will stop providing financial assistance to Niger’s government in the wake of a military ...

Former President Donald Trump on Aug. 4 pleaded not guilty to three new felony charges brought by special ...

The United States is evacuating some staff and families from its embassy in Niger amid a military coup.

On Julu 27, 2023, the Justice Department issued an updated indictment, adding new charges and a third defendant ...

A Biden administration official announced that Jeff Woodke, an American aid worker kidnapped in a West African country in 2016, ...

NIAMEY—At least 10 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush, and more than a dozen others were injured ...

Niger has reported the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, among poultry in a ...

Next year's presidential elections in war-torn Nigeria are a “do-or-die situation” for embattled Christians, according to a spokesman for a ...

PARIS—The French army said on Thursday that forces from its Operation Barkhane in West Africa had killed close ...

NIAMEY—Unidentified armed men killed seven border police and four National Guard members in separate attacks in different parts ...

NIAMEY, Niger—Extremist gunmen attacked a military camp in Niger near its southeastern border with Burkina Faso, killing at ...

NIAMEY, Niger—More than 20 children were killed and dozens more injured when a fire swept through a school ...