As Niger continues its campaign of de-colonizing its country, several monuments in the country’s capital with French monikers have been renamed. ・Several monuments in Niamey, Niger's capital, have ...

Niger's capital Niamey has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the country by rising floodwater following the heavy rains that have hit the Sahel region since June. The main routes out ...

Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

and a smaller Base 101 in the southwest outside the Niger capital of Niamey. The two bases are operated by about a thousand American military, mainly air force, personnel. Base 201 has been ...