Apr 14, 2013
Iranian president tours African states of Benin, Ghana and Niger, with energy deals high on the agenda. Read Article Ahmadinejad heads to Africa to sign energy deals
Feb 10, 2013
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead nine health workers who were administering polio vaccinations in two separate attacks in Nigeria's Kano.
Sarah Charlton reports. Watch Video Video: Nine polio workers killed in Nigeria
Jan 30, 2013
The US has found some of its efforts to fight extremists hobbled by some African governments, whose own security forces are ill-equipped to launch a US-style hunt for the militants, yet are reluctant to accept US help because of fears the Americans will overstay their welcome and trample their sovereignty. Read Article US considers drone base in Niger as a way to fight militancy in Maghreb
Sep 18, 2012
Even in the best of times, one of every three girls in Niger marries before her 15th birthday, but now in a severe drought, parents pushed to the wall by poverty are marrying off their daughters at even younger ages. Read Article Hunger bride numbers increase as drought survival strategy
Aug 19, 2012
In Niger, the measure of a person is calculated in livestock. It is how families are fed, disputes settled, and dowries paid. So when a nomad sells their last camel it is a sign of just how hopeless the future looks for thousands in a country ravaged by drought. Read Article Nomads so desperate for food they're selling their last camels
Jan 20, 2012
Tinariwen have won international acclaim for their raw and haunting hymns about dignity, tribal unity, self-awareness and their deep nostalgia for an embattled desert culture. Read Article Touareg band Tinariwen electrifies the Sahara
Sep 08, 2011
Man leading efforts by Libya's interim government to find the ousted former leader said Qaddafi may have been near the southern village of Ghwat, about 300 kilometres north of Niger, three days ago. Read Article Qaddafi 'last seen heading south'
Sep 07, 2011
Hunt still on for ousted Libyan leader as Burkina Faso rules out giving him asylum. Read Article Qaddafi's inner circle flee to Niger
May 28, 2011
Bob Dylan's influence on Arab Spring protests goes beyond songs like The Times They Are A-Changin' and Blowin' in the Wind. Read Article They might not know Bob Dylan, but Arab rebels feel his music
Jan 09, 2011
Two Frenchmen kidnapped at gunpoint by possible al Qa'eda-linked militants from a restaurant in central Niamey have been found dead after a desert rescue operation by the Niger military, officials said. Read Article Two French hostages found executed in Niger desert
