Hundreds of Nigerians living in Chad, seeking safety from a jihadist insurgency, were rounded up and deported last week, those arrested told AFP. Nigeria has been battling a jihadist insurgency for 17 ...

The United States is preparing to withdraw more than 1,000 military personnel from Niger, once a front-line partner in its war against the ISIL (ISIS) group and al-Qaeda affiliates in the Sahel region ...

The first French road convoy containing troops withdrawing from Niger following the overthrow of its president has arrived in neighboring Chad, the French military said on Thursday. The convoy "has ...

French troops will begin pulling out of Niger this week after weeks of tensions with its post-coup military leaders – Copyright AFP/File – Niger’s military ...

Chad's opposition and civil society groups are asking France to immediately withdraw troops who arrived in Chad after being ordered to depart neighboring Niger by that country’s military junta. Ordjei ...

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger's Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger's demands – that the U.S. would militarily withdraw from the ...

A failed prisoner exchange in Niger has revealed a complex network of Libyan, Nigerien, Chadian, and Russian interests converging on one of the Sahara's most established smuggling corridors.On the ...

Ali Lamine Zeine arrived in N'Djamena on Tuesday, where he held talks with Chadian Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo DUBAI, August 16. /TASS/. The head ...