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Al Jazeera news team released in Niger after three days in jail

June 17, 2013 20:09
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A group of Al Jazeera journalists was released Monday after three days in jail in eastern Niger.

US military escalating presence in Niger, drone base being set-up

February 22, 2013 17:56
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President Obama told Congress Friday that about 100 US soldiers were sent to Niger to help French troops fight militants in Mali.

Mali: First the war, now the crisis

February 1, 2013 07:01
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BAMAKO, Mali — In a little over two weeks around 3,000 French soldiers with armored vehicles and air support have ousted the fighters of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its allies from every town in the desert north, meeting little resistance along the way.

West Africa's Ecowas gives Mali junta leaders ultimatum

News DeskMarch 29, 2012 19:43
West African leaders met in Ivory Coast on Thursday after abandoning plans to meet with junta leaders in Bamako, the Malian capital.

West African leaders abandon Mali mission

News DeskMarch 29, 2012 11:18
A mission to Mali by four West African presidents seeking to restore the country's democratically elected government was aborted today after the plane carrying the heads of state turned around mid-air due to security concerns.

Ex-Tuareg chief and Gaddafi aide Aghali Alambo arrested in Niger over arms smuggling

Luke BrowneMarch 21, 2012 14:01
Aghali Alambo led a rebellion against Niger's government between 2007 and 2009, and became one of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s closest aides after going into exile in Libya.

UNICEF warns that Sahel drought crisis could affect 1.5m children

March 16, 2012 10:27
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JOHANNESBURG — As many as 1.5 million young children living in Africa's Sahel region are at risk from severe malnutrition, with little time left to prevent a humanitarian disaster, UNICEF has warned.

13 million people face humanitarian 'catastrophe' in West Africa

Luke BrowneMarch 9, 2012 13:09
More than one million children in the Sahel region are at risk of severe malnutrition, Oxfam says, while in parts of Chad villagers are digging up ant hills to collect the grain the ants have stored.
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