The French intelligence service has quietly launched an investigation into potentially leaked documents widely circulated in a report that Niger’s junta thwarted a coup attempt orchestrated by France.

The latest evidence of this emerged on 21 June, when the Front Patriotique pour la Justice (FPJ) claimed responsibility for kidnapping Amadou Torda, the prefect of Bilma, in Niger‘s Agadez region, and ...

Less than two weeks after we published the report about hordes of Nigerians stranded and dying of hunger, thirst and sicknesses in Niger Republic desert popularly known as Agadez, a total of 310 of ...

The NGO Human Rights Watch released a new report Wednesday that warns of a rising number of attacks on civilians from Islamic State-affiliated militants in Niger. Drawing on around thirty testimonies ...

According to the crisis monitoring group, violent incidents involving Islamist fighters in the volatile tri-border region soared by 90 percent between 2024 and 2025, while reported deaths more than ...