Suicide Bombers And Subsequent Gun Battles In Niger Target French Uranium Mine And Military Base

Islamists Kill 20 In Suicide Attacks In Niger -- Reuters (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium min...

The Growing Importance Of Niger In U.S. Anti-Terrorism Operations

Niger Rapidly Emerges As A Key U.S. Partner In Anti-Terrorism Fight In Africa -- Washington Post NIAMEY, Niger — As the Obama administration...

Niger Is The Latest Country To Join The U.S. War On Terror

Source: U.S. Africa Command. The Washington Post. Drone Warfare: Niger Becomes Latest Frontline In US War On Terror -- The Guardian Obama ad...

Is The Conflict In Mali Now Shifting To Niger?

After Mali Comes Niger -- Sebastian Elischer, Foreign Affairs West Africa's Problems Migrate East Last month, the French army's rapi...

Islamist Militants Make Inroads In Niger

Niger Struggles Against Islamist Militants -- Washington Post DIFFA, Niger This West African desert town hardly seems like the front line of...

Niger To Hold Presidential, Parliamentary Elections A Year After Coup

Niger To Hold Presidential, Parliamentary Elections Nearly A Year After Military Coup -- Canadian Press NIAMEY, Niger — Niger holds election...

French Hostages Killed in Niger Rescue Raid

Two French Hostages Killed in Niger Rescue Raid, France Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Two French citizens kidnapped y...

Central Africa Is Facing Famine

Nineteen-month old Amina at Save the Children's clinic for severely manlnourished children in Aguie, Niger, yesterday. Two of her siblin...