The Mo Ibrahim Prize awarded to Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou
This is exclusive information. The Mo Ibrahim Prize, which is supposed to be awarded annually for outstanding leadership in Africa, had not been awarded for […]
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Nigeria: Release of 317 abducted school girls in Zamfara State
The girls who were captured last Friday at their boarding school in Jangebe, Zamfara State, were released at dawn on Tuesday morning. There are 279 […]
Nigeria: Another 42 hostages freed while 317 girls have just been kidnapped
Forty-two hostages who had been captured last week were released last Saturday, February 27, in Niger State, in the northwestern part of the country. On […]
Niger: Mohamed Bazoum elected president, Mahamane Ousmane contests
The candidate of the ruling party in Niger’s presidential election, Mohamed Bazoum, won with 55.75% of the votes against the opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane (44.25%), […]
Niger: Seven members of the electoral board killed on the election day
Nearly 7.5 million voters were called to the polls this Sunday for the second round of the presidential election that pits the ruling party’s candidate, […]
Niger: A worrying humanitarian situation around Ouallam after Sunday massacres
A joint mission of the Nigerien government and humanitarian actors visited the region of Tillabéry, in south-eastern Niger, after attacks in Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumadareye […]
Niger: The country mourns the loss of Inoussa Ousseini, a pioneer of documentary film in Africa
Inoussa Ousseini, filmmaker, sociologist, former minister and Niger’s ambassador to UNESCO, died in Paris on Tuesday 5 January at the age of 72. A pioneer […]
Niger: Discovering the two candidates for the 2nd round of presidential election
Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of the ruling party, and Mahamane Ousmane, former president, topped the results of the first round of the presidential election, published […]
Presidential election in Niger: AU observation mission welcomes ballot with satisfaction
While Nigeriens are awaiting the full results of the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, December 27, observers deployed on Election Day report their findings. […]
Tens of thousands of explosives seized in the Sahel
An operation against arms trafficking networks that took place in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire has led to the seizure of tens of […]