#Niger

Niger’s authorities should urgently disclose the whereabouts of the prominent journalist Moussa Kaka, who was forcibly disappeared two months ago, Human Rights Watch said today.

Niger requested troops to secure shared energy interests in what would be Algeria’s first deployment abroad since 1973.

This will be Algeria’s first foreign troop deployment in 50 years as the country shifts its military doctrine.

Algeria and Niger have signed a new military cooperation agreement as Algiers strengthens defense ties and rebuilds relations with its Sahel neighbors

An Austrian woman and a Swiss woman kidnapped in Niger have been freed after 18 months in captivity, local reports say.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called on Niger's Russian-backed military government to lift its sudden suspension of nine French media outlets. This coincides with major instability in neighboring Mali.

Niger’s military government has banned dozens of local and foreign reporters since seizing power in 2023.

Russian forces operating under the Africa Corps have freed two geologists, a Russian and a Ukrainian national, who had been abducted by an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Niger

Nigeria has filed 13 counts of treason and terrorism against security personnel accused of plotting to oust President Bola Tinubu, with penalties up to life in prison or death