Niger The Republic of Niger covers 1.27 million square kilometers (489,000 square miles) of arid and semi-arid territory in West Africa, spanning the transition zone from the Sahara Desert to the Southern savannas. Most of the landlocked...

Republic of Niger République du Niger CAPITAL: Niamey FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of orange, white, and green horizontal stripes, with an orange circle at the center of the white stripe. ANTHEM: La Nigérienne. MONETARY UNIT: The...

Niger POPULATION 10,639,744 MUSLIM 86 percent AFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 13 percent CHRISTIAN AND OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction Located in West Africa, the Republic of Niger is bordered by seven countries: to the north by Algeria and...

Niger (pronounced /niːˈʒɛər/, US variant: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/), in French pronounced [niʒɛʁ]), officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina...

Rebels attacked an army base in Niger on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, wounding 30 and taking at least 47 prisoners, according to a government statement.The statement read on national TV by government spokesman Mohamed Ben Omar said a group of heavily armed men attacked security...

A Chinese uranium company executive has been taken hostage in Niger, the government said Sunday, the latest kidnapping in Africa where China is seeking raw materials to feed its booming economy.The official Xinhua News Agency said Zhang Guohua was abducted Friday in the region of...

Rebels in Niger have released a Chinese uranium company executive held hostage more than a week, the rebel group's leader said Monday. Three Nigerien soldiers also were handed over to the Red Cross, he said.Aghali Alambo, the leader of the ethnic Tuareg rebel group called...