Russia is seeking to take over uranium assets in Niger held by a state-controlled French company, according to people informed about the matter, in a further challenge to Western interests in Africa.

Today my colleague Aanu Adeoye writes about a new 2,000km pipeline project between landlocked Niger and its southern coastal neighbour Benin. Pipelines, along with other energy infrastructure ...

According to Zeine, Nigerien officials were insulted not only by the tone of U.S. messaging but also by demands to limit security ties with Russia and threats to impose sanctions if Niger sold uranium ...

Tensions between Niger and Benin have escalated further over a decision by Cotonou to prevent its landlocked neighbour from using its port to export its first crude oil, as a border dispute ...

U.S. and Nigerien leaders have agreed to a phased withdrawal of American forces from Niger “as soon as it’s feasible in the coming months,” another U.S. official told VOA on Thursday.

NIAMEY, May 12 (Reuters) - Niger's Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine said on Saturday that Benin's blockade of Niger's oil exports, imposed in response to a border closure, violated trade ...

The US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to leave behind a small contingent of US forces, even as a broad withdrawal order has been ...

COTONOU, May 15 (Reuters) - Benin has provisionally reversed its decision to block exports of crude oil from Niger via its port and agreed to hold a meeting between the two countries, the West ...

US and Nigerien leaders continued high-level talks Friday on plans to withdraw all American military forces from the country, a US military official told VOA. Our Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb ...

The prime minister of Niger said neighboring Benin had violated trade agreements between the two nations and Niger’s Chinese partner by blocking crude shipments from Benin. Benin last week ...

Truck drivers walk as trucks carrying food, humanitarian aid and industrial equipment wait due to sanctions imposed by Niger's regional and international allies, in the border town of Malanville, ...

A U.S. delegation will present the government of Niger this week with detailed plans for shuttering two key American bases and withdrawing all troops, officials said, as the Biden administration ...