Launched in 2001 as a tourism appeal product, the Aïr festival took place this year in Iferouane, a town located in the extreme north of Niger.
Placed under the authority of Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, this year's edition is an...
Since February 2015, violence linked to the Boko Haram terrorist group has resulted in numerous casualties and displacement of thousands of people in the Diffa region of south-eastern Niger. More than 240,000 people have fled the violence, according to...
General Thomas D. Waldhauser, head of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), visited last Tuesday, the Agadez air base which will be used for the deployment of drones, in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel.
He met with US troops,...