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...

If the people of Niger (Nigeriens) remain uninformed about family planning and keep reproducing at the current rate the country’s population will...

Indiscriminately laid landmines, a sceptical government and a rebel group that has attacked aid workers are obstacles that will have to be overcome...

Human rights organisations and aid workers in the Nigerien capital Niamey say news filtering out of the north of the country suggests a humanitarian...

The news that 70 percent of women in parts of Niger find it normal that their husbands, fathers and brothers regularly beat, rape and humiliate them...

Migration has been an essential mechanism for survival in the harsh climate and erratic agricultural conditions of the Sahara and Sahel regions for...

A mayor in northern Niger has warned that civilians are increasingly being caught up in insecurity caused by fighting between the Nigerien army and...

In the face of “persistent acts of banditry in the border area”, senior government officials from Niger and Mali have agreed to jointly guard their...

In the latest in a string of skirmishes between the army and militias in northern Niger the airport in the city of Agadez was attacked on Sunday...

Rioting students in the Nigerien capital Niamey on Wednesday burned a vehicle belonging to a national development agency during a violent protest,...