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Niger's electoral commission says the ruling party has won a majority of votes in parliamentary elections.
Niger's electoral commission on Friday released provisional results showing the West African country's president can extend his rule for years past the constitutional limit, a move critics say grants him near totalitarian powers.
The president of uranium-rich Niger pushed forward Tuesday with a highly controversial referendum on a new constitution that would remove term-limits and grant him another three years in office — this time with increased powers.
The president of uranium-rich Niger is pushing forward with a highly controversial referendum Tuesday on a new constitution that would remove term-limits and grant him an unprecendented three-year transitional term with boosted power.
The White House says it's worried about Niger President Mamadou Tandja's decision to dissolve his nation's top court in an apparent effort to extend power.
Security forces in Niger on Tuesday arrested the country's main opposition leader, hours after he called for a general strike and accused the president of carrying out the equivalent of a coup by unilaterally dissolving the nation's top court.
The president of Niger issued a decree on Tuesday dissolving the West African country's parliament after he lost a court battle to change the constitution so he could run for a third term in office.
Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV.
A U.N. driver kidnapped with two Canadian diplomats in Niger has been released unharmed after several governments and people in the region intervened, U.N. officials said Monday.
U.N. officials say a driver abducted in Niger last December with two Canadian diplomats has been released unharmed.
The president of Niger acknowledged Tuesday that a Canadian diplomat who disappeared during a U.N. mission to the West African nation last month was kidnapped by rebels.
The United Nations said Tuesday it is working with the governments of Canada and Niger and others in west Africa to help secure the release of the kidnapped U.N. special envoy to Niger.
A Tuareg rebel group claimed responsibility for the abduction of a U.N. envoy on the outskirts of Niger's capital, saying Tuesday that the veteran Canadian diplomat was in good health.
An international aid group will leave Niger because the government unexpectedly terminated its medical and nutritional program in one of the country's drought-prone districts, an official announced Thursday.
Dozens of land mines accidentally exploded Sunday in Niger during a ceremony in which a group of former rebels were handing over arms, killing one person and wounding about 40 including the regional governor, the government said.
Government troops clashed with ethnic Tuareg rebels in the northwest African nation of Niger Friday, leaving at least 17 people dead, according to statements by both sides.
Four French nationals employed by nuclear company Areva who were kidnapped by rebels in the West African country of Niger have been freed, their employer said Wednesday.
A woman who says she was held as a slave for 10 years took Niger's government to court on Monday for allegedly failing to implement its own laws banning slavery, the first case of its kind in the West African nation.
Two French journalists potentially facing the death penalty for reporting on rebel groups in Niger's northern desert have been released on bail, a reporter's rights group said Friday.
Authorities formally charged two French journalists Wednesday with threatening state security for attempting to report on rebel groups in Niger's volatile north, a crime punishable by death in the West African country.
Hundreds of Thousands Displaced By West African FloodAfter three months of rain West Africa has been devastated by flooding that displaced 600,000. The current season has been unusually rainy and the rain is expected to last through the end of the month.
Clinton to Discuss Governance and Corruption in NigeriaU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Nigeria where she will meet with President Umaru Yar'Adua Wednesday on the fifth stop of her Africa trip. Clinton is expected to discuss good governance and corruption in Nigeria.
Niger troops vote on third termMr Tandja has recently dissolved parliament and the constitutional court to push through his referendum plan. He says the people of Niger want him to stay in power, and his actions reflect their will.
WFP may ground Africa flights due to lack of funds - Yahoo! NewsThe World Food Programme will be cutting flights, unless they can get donations to continue them. They had already cut some, but had got an infusion of cash to start up again in certain locations.
Niger Court Dissolution "is Coup"Niger President Mamadou Tandja is accused of a coup due to his recent actions overthrowing other branches of the government.
Out of Israel to AfricaAfrica's people are some of the poorest on the planet, and lack even the basics, such as water, to survive.
Niger leader dissolves parliamentNiger's President, Mamadou Tandja, has dissolved the uranium-rich country's parliament a day after his bid for a third term in office was ruled illegal. Mr Tandja was first elected in 1999, and then again five years later.
Empires of Gold and Knowledge Part 1: Into Africa"At the height of its power, Mali had at least 400 cities, and the interior of the Niger Delta was very densely populated. One of the cities, Timbuktu rose from obscurity to great commercial and cultural importance.
The revelation of deceit perpetrated during the Bush regime is by no means an original concept. However, I have begun reading a book entitled WHAT HAPPENED by Scott McClellan, former Press Secretary for George W. Bush.
Niger president willing to remainThe two leaders discussed France's significant mining interests in Niger, which is rich in uranium. Ethnic Tuareg rebels are demanding a greater share of the wealth generated by uranium, which is mostly in the desert north of Niamey, where the Turegs live.
Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, NigerMore than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in Niger and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. A health care worker vaccinates a child during an earlier outbreak of meningitis in Niger.
Cheney, Bush Strongly Disagreed on LibbyFormer vice president Richard B. Cheney said yesterday that he strongly disagreed with President Bush's decision not to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying his former chief of staff had been left "hanging in the wind."
Is the U.S. Paying Off the Italian Government for Forging the Niger Documents?Is the U.S. Paying Off the Italian Government for Forging the Niger Documents?
Al-Qaida in N. Africa claims six hostagesAl-Qaida's North Africa branch claimed Wednesday it is holding hostage a senior U.N. peace envoy, his aide and four tourists kidnapped in the Sahara Desert in recent weeks.
Child beggars of Nigeria's Koranic schoolsAn estimated eight million Nigerian children live in almajiri, an Islamic school system common in northern Nigeria, Chad and Niger. Sent by their parents from as young as four or five, they learn to memorise and recite the Koran.
MSF's Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008The report underscores major difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by conflict.
The medical psychic Edgar Cayce made hundreds of readings over his lifetime, yet some of the more intriguing statements are only now being borne out by discoveries made by scientists and archaeologists.
U.S. Helps African States Fend Off IslamistsThousands of miles from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, another side of America's fight against terrorism is unfolding in this remote corner of West Africa.
Things Are Looking Up for Niger's Wild Giraffes By Jennifer Margulis Smithsonian magazine, November 2008 In desolate Niger, wild giraffes are making a comeback despite having to compete for resources with some of the world's poorest people
Landmark slavery case for NigerJudges are due to rule on Monday on a case of alleged slavery in the West African state of Niger which will have widespread implications for the region.
Charity denies hunger 'forgery'Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has rebutted claims that it exaggerated the number of malnourished children in Niger. The charity has appealed to be allowed to resume work in the region of Maradi, where Niger's government ordered it to stop operating in July.
Bombings Add to Fears Algeria is al-Qaida Hotbed | guardian.co.ukFor the west, the fear is that the terrorists see Europe as their ultimate target – Moroccan nationals were involved in the 2004 Madrid bombings – although their immediate fight is with the pro-western governments of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
Nigerian 'blood oil' crew paraded The Filipino crew of a boat laden with suspected stolen oil seized in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region has been shown to journalists. This comes as the government shelved plans for a peace summit to address the Niger Delta conflict.
Slavery Still Exists Today in Niger"Asibit obeyed because, like tens of thousands of other Nigeriens, she was born into a slave caste that goes back hundreds of years. As she tells it, Tafan's family treated her not as a human, but as chattel, a beast of burden like their goats, sheep and camels.
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