At its 27th session the Committee noted with concern the proposed construction of the Dyondyonga electricity dam on the Mekrou River, on the border between the Republics of Niger and Benin within the ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West ...

NIAMEY, Niger ... West African country — but former President Mohamed Bazoum is still being held. The officials were released from prisons “in accordance with recommendations from the national ...

Niger’s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of ... and in Tahoua in the west. About 13 percent of the population speaks French, or just over three million people.

Niger’s military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023 as part of what military authorities have described as efforts to reform the ...