China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

China’s first ever defence attaché to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held at the Chinese embassy in the capital Niamey. In front of Chinese ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua ... Sakoira is located in the three-border region of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, a new hotbed of insecurity maintained in recent years by other jihadist groups.

The Sahel, a semi-arid region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara, has long been a focal point of geopolitical competition due to its vast natural resources, st ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

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Despite the suspension of its defence collaboration with Niamey following the July 2023 coup that deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, Brussels maintained a small team in the country to provide security ...