The main militant group in the oil-rich Niger delta has called off its cease-fire with the Nigerian government. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement early Saturday morning saying the cease-fire that it had with the government since Oct. 25 had ended ...

Trade unions in Niger on Thursday rejected President Mamadou Tandja's call for economic sacrifices in the deeply poor west African country, which faces financial and diplomatic sanctions. "We don't intend to make useless sacrifices of ourselves for the pleasure of a few Nigeriens," Innocent Raphael, a leader of the Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger (CDTN), said on ...

Niger President Mamadou Tandja, who won a controversial extension of his mandate, Tuesday called on his compatriots, to brace for "sacrifices" to counter possible international sanctions. "...The struggle has only just commenced and this forcibly imposes on us a lot of sacrifice, courage, and determination to overcome numerous challenges that may face us," Tandja said during a public ceremony with ...

Political crisis talks between Niger's government and the opposition, due to resume in Niamey Thursday, have been postponed again in the absence of the mediator, an opposition delegate said. "The mediator wrote to inform us that he would not be in Niamey before Sauturday, but he did not give a reason for the delay," Marou Amadou, a member of ...