Niger has been ruled since July 2023 by a military junta that took power in a coup that ousted elected president Mohamed ...

The arrest of mining executives in Mali, threats by Burkina Faso's junta to strip permits and the seizure of a French-run ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, vowed to return Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso to ECOWAS ...

Having lost its operating licence for the Imouraren project and with production suspended at the Arlit mining complex, French ...

In a move that has sparked widespread outcry, Niger's military authorities have arrested Moussa Tchangari, a well-known civil ...

Niger’s military authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a prominent civil society activist and critic of ...

And the impact could be felt more widely - although Niger accounts for less than 5% of the uranium produced globally, in 2022 ...

In the aftermath of devastation left behind in the wake of unprecedented floods, Nigeriens are rebuilding their livelihoods ...

French nuclear fuels company Orano said on Wednesday that authorities in Niger have taken control of its Somair uranium mine ...

French nuclear group Orano has announced that authorities in Niger have taken "operational control" of its uranium mining ...

Ten soldiers were killed and another seven wounded in a "terrorist attack" in western Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, the army said in its operational bulletin on Wednesday.

The arrest of mining executives in Mali, threats by Burkina Faso's junta to strip permits and the seizure of a French-run uranium site in Niger have unsettled Western miners operating in West Africa ...