An ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger's ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the west ...

On Friday, a report emerged that soldiers in the garrison town of Erena, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State had “burnt Dogo Gide houses in Chikuba.” However, fresh information showed ...

Eleven soldiers from Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) were killed in an attack carried out by Al-Qaeda-linked armed ...

Overnight Thursday into Friday, army launched 'an offensive operation' that led to 'the neutralization of nine terrorists,' a ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in retreat.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in a border region near Burkina ...