In Niger, women have an average of 7.6 children ... than just a statistic in almost every village you visit - there are kids everywhere. Even the children have children - more than half the ...

Different programs to issue digital ID and birth certificates to underprivileged children in African countries are talking ...

Niger’s fate depends on whether it holds off ... “Yes, I’ve seen this,” he said. “You hear kids sometimes talking about how they have no opportunities. You hear them in the streets ...

Niger and Chad, according to the U.N. agency. Prolonged droughts, floods, and "erratic rainfall" in countries across the Sahel region, which stretches across northern-central Africa from Senegal ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had been suffering from medical problems for years. The death was ...

But the inherent similarity of these languages indicates a common ancestral root – a single language spoken by a group of ancient tropical farmers from the Niger-Congo region, who have come to ...

Scientists have warned that the increase in carbon emissions from fossil fuels is driving longer, more intense rainy seasons in countries like Niger. In 2022, 195 people died in similar conditions.

Niger has bid adieu to the Avenue Charles de Gaulle as its ruling junta renamed several historic sites in the capital Niamey, which previously bore references to old colonial ruler France.

Show more Show less The earthen mud mosque in Agadez in Niger dates from the 16th century The imposing minaret stands 27 metres (89 feet) tall The rainy season has been particularly devastating in ...

Since it took control over the country in a July 2023 coup, Niger’s military junta has been cutting ties with France and forging stronger ones with fellow juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali.

Niger’s military authorities have banned rice, cereal and other food exports to all countries except fellow junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali to protect local supply, the government has said.