On the evening of July 26, Nigerien Army spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Adramane appeared on national TV flanked by nine solemn-looking soldiers in fatigues. Niger’s democratically elected President ...

AFP is republishing this story which has been selected by the agency's chief editors as one of the best of the week. Pictures by Boureima Hama A succession of high and low sounds from the Nigerien ...

Music videos praising the military have proliferated since generals seized power, highlighting the army’s longstanding importance in Niger and popular dissatisfaction with civilian rule. By Elian ...

A succession of high and low sounds from the Nigerien musician's drum is a kind of telegram but few today understand its message. Each beat is a syllable in the Hausa language. "You see, he heard his ...