Tag: Niger
Father felt helpless as he saw children taken from Catholic school...
A father has told the BBC he felt powerless as he witnessed gunmen on motorbikes abduct dozens of children, including his son, after...
Dozens killed scooping fuel in Niger state
Dozens of people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road...
Niger attack: 22 killed as gunmen on motorbikes fire at baptism...
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead 22 people, most of them attending a baptism ceremony, in an attack on a village in western...
Niger state boat capsize: Dozens die in Nigeria
At least 32 people have died in Nigeria's northern Niger state after a boat sank in a river, an official has told the...
Russia outsmarts France in Niger over proposed power plant
Paul MellyWest Africa analystEPARussia has dangled the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in uranium-rich Niger - a vast, arid state on...
Niger military leaders to nationalise uranium firm Somaïr
Niger's military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a row between the two...
At least 110 die after torrential rains in Mokwa, Niger state
At least 110 people have died in floods caused by torrential rain in central Nigeria, officials have told the BBC.The rainfall lasted for...
What changes as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger leave the West...
Chris EwokorBBC News, AbujaAFPThree countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic...
Three Countries Officially Quit Major West African ECOWAS Alliance
Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday, defying pressure from...
