20110814
Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's government has launched a telephone hotline through which citizens can call to report the corrupt practices which have undermined the economy of one of the world's poorest nations, officials said on Saturday.

20110804
Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger security forces arrested ten soldiers for trying to overthrow the government last month, President Mahamadou Issoufou said late on Tuesday, in his first public mention of the alleged attempted coup.

20110615
Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger revoked on Tuesday a deal to sell Libya's LAP Green Network a majority stake in national telecoms operator Sonitel and its mobile arm, saying the Libyan firm had not respected the terms of the transaction.

20110614
Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two people died following a clash between security forces and bandits on Sunday in northern Niger, where al Qaeda's North African wing operates alongside smugglers, rebels and criminals, Niger officials said on Monday.

20110510
rfi

A Niger appeals court on Tuesday freed the country's ex-president Mamadou Tandja who was jailed after being ousted in a coup in February 2010.

20110409
this day

Minna/Kaduna/ Abuja — Barely a month after a bomb blast rocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Niger East senatorial campaign flag-off killing 10 and injuring many others in Suleja, Niger State, another bomb explosion occurred Friday at the Suleja office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

20110314
xinhua

NIAMEY, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Niger's opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou won in the presidential run-off, the election commission (CENI) said on Monday.

20110314
reuters

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou will head the West African country's return to civilian rule after provisional results showed on Monday he won a presidential election with a score of 57.95 percent.

20110312
REUTERS

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's junta said Saturday's election of a civilian leader could serve as a model for democracy across Africa, as voters turned out for a run-off between two presidential rivals.

20110204
Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - A party ally of deposed Nigerien leader Mamadou Tandja will head into a decisive presidential run-off vote next month with the backing of a broad coalition, results of a first-round poll showed on Thursday.

20110202
Xinhua
NIAMEY, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Niger's ANDP party took the lead in the parliamentary election held on Monday, according to partial results released by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI).

20110121
allAfrica.com

Nine opposition political parties in Niger have demanded the postponement of elections due to be held in 10 days’ time.

20110111
reuters

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger held local elections on Tuesday, a vote that passed peacefully but was dogged by delays and disorganisation in a number of areas, officials said.

20110110
reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Monday he was almost certain that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was behind the abduction of two Frenchmen killed in Niger at the weekend.

20110110
africanews

Two French hostages kidnapped on Friday in Niger were found dead on Saturday. Their bodies were found after an unsuccessful rescue operation involving government forces. One of the kidnapped men was reportedly an aid worker due to be married to a woman from Niger, and the other man was his friend.

20101018
africanews

The United Nations has warned that Niger must control its population growth to prevent further food crises after foreign aid helped to solve 80 percent of the west African country's needs during this year's food crisis.

20101017
RFI

The former number two of Niger's junta has been arrested along with one of his allies, according to sources in country, although there has been no official announcement of the arrests. Another military officer has been kicked out of the government.

20101017
africanews

The former number two of Niger's ruling military regime, Colonel Abdoulaye Badie, and another officer are reportedly being held after they plot to destabilize the regime. They were also alleged to have planned to eliminate the leader of the West African nation.

20101015
reuters

NIAMEY (Reuters) - The head of Niger's ruling military junta has arrested two senior officers from within his ranks on suspicion of conspiring to overthrow him, security sources told Reuters on Saturday.

20100926
reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - The seven foreigners, including five French nationals, that were kidnapped earlier this month in Niger are being held in a mountainous region in northwestern Mali, France said on Sunday.