With the help of smugglers, migrants leave Agadez in small 4X4 cars or in lorries on their way to Libya or Algeria - Niger's neighbours - and the last stop before crossing the sea to Europe.

France will withdraw nearly 1,500 troops from the West African nation of Niger by the end of the year, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, a decision that could upend the West’s security ...

Agadez, a desert outpost in the West African country of Niger, was officially closed to migration for years in a deal with the European Union. Now, the gate has reopened.

Until the recent military takeover in July 2023, Niger had played a key role in the security architecture of the West, particularly the United States and France, in the Sahel region.

Niger's coup leaders have accused France of gathering forces, war materials and equipment in several neighbouring West African countries with a view to "military intervention".

Washington, which has 1,100 troops in Niger, has begun moving them from Base 101 in Niamey to Base 201 in Agadez, in central Niger. The trip to Agadez from Niamey is around 920 kilometers by road.

A Swiss woman has been kidnapped in the same Niger city that saw the abduction of an Austrian three months ago, officials told AFP on Monday. The governor of the central Nigerien state of Agadez ...

France will remove its military from Niger by the end of the year, President Emmanuel Macron said, following growing outward animosity targeting Paris in the West African nation.

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules parked on a ramp at Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, on March 2, 2023. The Defense Department said Sept. 25 that it is assessing the implications of France’s ...

Niger's coup leaders have accused France of gathering forces, war materials and equipment in several neighbouring West African countries with a view to.

In 2016 construction began on a new U.S. Africa Command or AFRICOM base in Agadez, Niger, 730 kilometers northeast of the capital Niamey. ... About the same time work began on the Agadez base, France ...

The United States, which has about 1,100 soldiers in Niger, has begun to relocate its troops “as a precaution” from Niamey to the central city of Agadez, the US Department of Defense said this ...