Niger’s Ministry of Livestock is intensifying its bird surveillance along the 1,500-kilometre border with northern Nigeria after a recent resurgence...

Niger has registered 157 cases of meningitis that have resulted in 11 deaths this year, but there is no epidemic of the bacterial infection anywhere...

A hugely beneficial nutritious snack called Plumpy’nut should be commercially available and marketed much more aggressively if it is to have a...

A landmine that exploded under a car in the Nigerien capital Niamey on 8 January killed one civilian and wounded another, agencies report. ...

Amnesty International is alarmed at the increasing number of extrajudicial executions of civilians by the army in the Agadez region and is asking...

Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have...

Niger is one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. Thirty women lolling on mats outside a non-governmental organisation (NGO)...

The Nigerien army and rebels in the country have yet to formally respond to charges by rights groups that both sides are committing abuses against...

Every two hours in Niger a woman will die during her pregnancy or while delivering a baby - a symptom of under-resourced health services, neglected...

A rebel movement that has already cut northern Niger off from humanitarian aid by laying mines throughout the region has denied responsibility for...