Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari denies claims spread on social media that he has died and been replaced by a double.

The Takfiri terrorists carried out overnight raids on several border villages in southeastern Niger.

Six members of the US armed forces have been punished over a botched 2017 mission in Niger that resulted in the deaths of four Americans.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia’s key partner in the ongoing Riyadh-led invasion of Yemen, is reportedly recruiting mercenaries across parts of northern and central Africa to fight in the war.

The US military presence in Niger has expanded to an 800-strong force In recent years,

The Nigerien army says it has killed at least 10 members of the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group, who attacked one of its military positions in the southeast of the African country.

A court in Niger has sentenced 17 members of the violent extremist movement Boko Haram to between two and seven years in jail.

Three bombing attacks in Niger leave at least nine people dead and an unknown number of others wounded.

Two African refugees died of thirst and 80 were saved after they were stranded in the Niger desert while trying to reach Europe, the IOM says.

Leaders of a US Navy SEAL team deployed to Africa have been suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct