Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.

The group which made the demand in a statement issued on Monday and signed by its National Chairman, Gonet Nensok Luka, threatened to embark on nationwide protests ... men of the Nigerian Police ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...