Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has called for a national agenda to ensure food sovereignty in Nigeria. Speaking ...

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a military coup two weeks ago, was put under house arrest along with his wife and son. While the family has been living on rice and canned goods, a ...

The Niger State government has entered a partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund to bring an end to open defecation being practised in some communities.The UNICEF Water, Sanitation, and ...

NIAMEY, Niger -- The U.N. food agency inaugurated a program Friday to help feed hundreds of thousands of people in Niger as the impoverished West African nation struggles to recover from severe ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Shoppers in Niger's coup-hit capital Niamey face soaring prices for basic foods since the military takeover triggered trade sanctions from West African neighbours. At one ...

Everyone has acknowledged that there is indeed serious hunger in the land. But the Niger state government has decided to take the gauntlet and seize this auspicious moment to till the land with the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s deposed ...

DALLI, Niger (Reuters) - United Nations humanitarian agencies sounded the alarm on Tuesday about a growing food crisis in the West African state of Niger, but said it was too soon to talk of famine.

I'm Ed Gordon, and this is NEWS & NOTES. Headlines of the suffering in Niger are capturing public attention around the world. We turn now to Denise Mathieu, the United States ambassador to Niger, for ...