Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running the ...

NIAMEY, Niger -- Hundreds of people rallied in support of Niger's ruling junta in the capital on Thursday, denouncing France and others that have criticized a recent coup -- as the country's military ...

Economic sanctions could severely hurt one of the world’s poorest nations after a coup unseated one of the West’s last democratic partners against Islamic extremists in West Africa’s Sahel region.