NIAMEY, Niger -- Hamsa Diakite can't remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal. She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in ...

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a military coup two weeks ago, was put under house arrest along with his wife and son. While the family has been living on rice and canned goods, a ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Shoppers in Niger's coup-hit capital Niamey face soaring prices for basic foods since the military takeover triggered trade sanctions from West African neighbours. At one ...

The Niger State Government has announced new partnerships with local and international investors to enhance dairy and sugar ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Foreign aid covered 80 percent of Niger's needs during this year's food crisis, Nigerien officials say, but the United Nations has warned that the country must rein in its ...

Everyone has acknowledged that there is indeed serious hunger in the land. But the Niger state government has decided to take the gauntlet and seize this auspicious moment to till the land with the ...

DALLI, Niger (Reuters) - United Nations humanitarian agencies sounded the alarm on Tuesday about a growing food crisis in the West African state of Niger, but said it was too soon to talk of famine.

I'm Ed Gordon, and this is NEWS & NOTES. Headlines of the suffering in Niger are capturing public attention around the world. We turn now to Denise Mathieu, the United States ambassador to Niger, for ...

Large-scale emergency food aid is now reaching many of the millions of people in the West African nation of Niger facing hunger and shortages. Nonetheless, emaciated babies are dying of starvation ...