As a result, in addition to contending with internal fragility – Niger sits at the bottom of the UN human development index and features weak institutions and semi-authoritarian governance – , Niger ...

FILE - Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, July 30, 2023. Niger’s junta has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law ...

Africa’s Sahel region and its northern belt have remained among the most active centers of irregular migration and human ...

(Bloomberg) -- Niger’s ruling junta has overturned a controversial anti-migration law, dealing a blow to Europe’s effort to stop African migrants from reaching its shores. The law, which criminalized ...

The Africa Report examines the EU’s efforts to tamp down migration to its shores by pouring hundreds of millions of euros into an African country with a poor governance record and high rates of ...

Niger says it needs 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) in funding to stem the flow of hundreds of thousands of West African migrants en route to Europe. "Niger needs a billion euros to fight against ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron promised more than 400 million euros ($474 million) in aid over four years to Niger during a visit and told the country’s president he was ready ...

AGADEZ, Niger, March 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For this ancient town on the southern edge of the Sahara, the flow of desperate migrants trying to reach Europe used to be a boon, not a burden.

Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Agadez, Niger. (Reuters / Joe Penney) The bus station at Agadez was sleepy; the hot season was coming, and by ...

ABUJA, NigeriaABUJA, Nigeria — Niger’s junta has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb the smuggling of migrants traveling from African countries through a key migration route ...

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Niger’s junta has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb the smuggling of migrants traveling from African countries through a key migration route in Niger en ...