in collaboration with the Niger State Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Forest Hunters Association, has arrested 33 suspected illegal miners at a mining site in Gbakuchi-Kontongba, Paikoro Local ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi's two-day visit to Niger included meetings with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine ...

The talks focused on key development sectors such as mining, water resource management, sustainable energy, and cancer care.

Niger gave the top local officials of China National Petroleum Corp, Zinder Refining Company and the West African Gas Pipeline Company Ltd. — responsible for the construction and operation of a ...

Niger is mineral rich, the world’s fifth largest producer of uranium, even as it ranks lowest on the United Nations’ Human Development Index. (Its three largest mines are joint ventures with ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been to Niger this week for high-level meetings with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine and other senior officials to enhance support for the country ...

Uranium is the primary fuel for nuclear reactors and its production cycle must be managed carefully, in a safe and secure manner. The IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Niger which ...

Niger's military rulers have expelled three Chinese oil executives from the country and closed down a Chinese-run hotel, ...

On Thursday Grossi met Niger's junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, along with the mining, foreign and energy ministers to explore "deepening cooperation". "Nuclear science and ...

In its statement, the Canadian miner said it welcomes “the Republic of Niger’s resolve to engage in dialogue and remain committed to a negotiated outcome,” adding that “however ...