Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political parti ...

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian ...

Niger's junta will stay in power for at least half a decade more if it accepts a plan presented on Thursday, which does not ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022. The ...

Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian Government, bringing an end to a dispute that has lingered for nearly ...

A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following national ...

In military junta-led Niger, a commission recommended a five-year transition to democratic rule. The junta's initial ...

Niger's military-led government suggests a five-year transition to democracy after a 2023 coup. The proposal alters a previous three-year timeline, leading to the country's exit from ECOWAS and ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital divide in remote rural areas.