NIAMEY (Reuters) - Severe flooding in Niger this month has killed 51 people and destroyed thousands of homes after torrential rains caused rivers to burst their banks, authorities said on Monday.

The Islamist armed group Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has escalated attacks on civilians in Niger since March 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks violated international ...

Niger state governor Umaru Mohammed Bago has pledged to improve the welfare of workers across the state, promising a range of benefits including subsidised cars, free internet access, and the ...

The White House on Wednesday said it’s “deeply concerned” about an unfolding crisis in the West African nation of Niger, where guards seized President Mohamed Bazoum and blockaded his home in a ...

Bandits’ onslaught against villages in Shiroro council of Niger State has continued with the attackers torching houses in the latest invasion, The Nation gathered. The communities affected include ...

Apparently disturbed by the security situation in some parts of the state, leading to abductions from St Mary Catholic School ...

Floods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October, officials said Saturday, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region already wracked by Boko Haram ...

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - An attack blamed on Boko Haram killed 28 people and burned 800 homes in an attack in Niger's Diffa region on Saturday, Nigerien authorities and the United Nations said.