Algeria and Niger have held high-level talks to revive previously agreed cooperation in the hydrocarbons sector, including the strategic 13-billion-U.S.-dollar Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project, […]
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Niger sets up expert committee to review uranium pricing mechanisms
Nigerien Minister of Justice and Human Rights Alio Daouda on Monday presided over the establishment of a committee of Nigerien experts tasked with reviewing the […]
Niger bans visas for U.S. citizens in retaliation
Niger has begun implementing retaliatory measures against the United States this week, imposing a comprehensive ban on issuing visas to U.S. citizens, the Niger News […]
AfDB Group, Niger sign $144.7 million agreement to boost energy access, economic competitiveness and resilience
African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Sidi Ould Tah and Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, have signed a $144.7 million financing agreement to […]
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger withdraw from ICC’s Rome Statute
The governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Monday announced their immediate withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). […]
Chinese doctors perform West Africa’s first vascularized free flap transplantation
The 24th batch of the Chinese medical team in Niger has successfully carried out West Africa’s first vascularized anterolateral thigh free flap transplantation at the […]
23 dead, 21 injured following heavy rains in Niger
Up to 23 people were killed and 21 others injured in the torrential rains across Niger this year, the commander of the national fire brigade […]