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Mamadou Tandja, a former Niger president who twice won election after the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999 but was overthrown a decade...

Niger's military government has started an unprecedented drive to distribute free food to one million of the nearly 10 million of its...

Niger will complete its transition from military to civilian rule by February 2011, the junta that rules West African uranium-exporting country said. Last...

Niger's military-led transitional government should hand over power to civilians within a year, a coalition of the West African nation's political and...

Niger's military rulers have taken tentative steps towards restoring civilian rule and meeting a donor-imposed deadline of polls by year-end, but the...

Niger authorities arrested 618 suspects overnight in raids aimed at curbing a crime wave in the capital, Niamey, state radio announced. "Operation Punch"...

Police in Niger have arrested three former ministers suspected of plotting against the ruling military junta in the uranium-exporting country, interior minister...

Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors all political supporters of the previous regime and replaced...

Niger's military rulers released five of six former ministers detained in last month's coup, but will keep them under watch pending a...

France has told Niger's military junta that democratic elections should be held as soon as possible, a spokesperson for the French foreign...