DAKAR, July 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the ...

Niger has been fighting a militant Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists attacked the same airport.

Niger has formally left the International Criminal Court after accusing the global tribunal of what it says is selective ...

NIAMEY, July 1 (Reuters) - The West African country of Niger has arrested at least 16 people after introducing prison sentences and fines for same-sex sexual acts, a judicial source told Reuters. • ...

Ministry of Defence says 11 soldiers, 2 civilians and 22 attackers killed in Diori Hamani International Airport assault.

Gunfire and explosions at Niger’s main international airport highlight a shift in militant strategy in Africa’s Sahel region.

Amnesty International on Thursday warned that Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger's recent decision to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ...

Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality. An adviser to the justice minister confirmed on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday.

A militant group claimed responsibility for the early-morning assault on Niamey airport, the second such attack in the West African country this year.

They jointly announced their withdrawal from the ICC in September last year, calling the court an “instrument of neo-colonial repression in the hands of imperialism.” In a statement sent to AFP on ...

LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — Níger ha abandonado formalmente la Corte Penal Internacional, tras acusar al organismo judicial con ...