Eight-member West African bloc sees 5.7% growth
Abidjan – The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) said on Monday its growth this year would be... Read more
6 Dec, 2022
Uranium-rich Niger struggles despite nuclear resurgence
Niamey – Prospects for the world’s nuclear industry have been boosted by the war in Ukraine and mounting hostility... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
West Africa coastal states eye more cooperation over Sahel jihadism
Accra – West African coastal states on Thursday held talks on boosting cooperation against jihadist violence spilling over from... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Climate change fuelled rains behind deadly Nigeria floods: study
Paris – Heavy rains behind floods that killed over 600 people in Nigeria this year were about 80 times... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Niger’s threatened giraffes find new home
Niamey – Conservationists in Niger said on Wednesday they had transferred threatened West African giraffes to a new home... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
‘We will have nothing’: Niger kidnap victims fear border bandits
Madarounfa – Kidnapped, held captive and raped by four guards, Messaouda is now free, but too afraid to return... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
Ouallam – With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
Seven killed in fuel tanker blast in Niger
Niamey – Seven people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded in a village in southern-central Niger after an... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Niger government denies ‘massacre’ of civilians
Niamey – Niger denied on Saturday opposition claims of a massacre of civilians at an unofficial gold mine where... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
Niger lists 15 anti-rebel operations with French forces
Niamey – Nigerien and French forces staged 15 “joint operations” seizing arms and ammunition from jihadist insurgents along the... Read more
29 Oct, 2022
