Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as ...

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called for the immediate release of Niger ...

Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's elected ...

The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks Wednesday on cross-border security, terrorism and economic cooperation, ...

In 2023, Niger's former president Mohamed Bazoum who was democratically elected, was deposed by the military. Critics of the military regime say this week's presidential inauguration is another ...

Niger's junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people ... a journalist and soldiers accused of a coup bid in 2010. However ousted former president Mohamed Bazoum is still in detention despite ...

Niger’s military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023 as part of what military authorities have described as efforts to reform the ...