Browsing: Niger

During the 19th edition of Burkina Faso’s Digital Week event that brought together technology-sector leaders and government officials during 12-15 November, Alliance of Sahel States (AES)…

African Stream journalist Inemesit Richardson called for Africans everywhere to defend Niger following then-US congress member Matt Gaetz calling in May for Washington to invade Niger…

Remember how US Republican Matt Gaetz openly called for an invasion of Niger on the floor of the US House of Representatives? Well, President-elect Donald Trump…

French mining company Orano has announced it will suspend uranium production in Niger from October 31, opting to perform only maintenance activities. The company cited strained…

Mali, along with its Alliance of Sahel States counterparts—Burkina Faso and Niger—is actively reclaiming control over its mineral resources, challenging the dominance of Western multinational mining…

Niger’s ability to provide food for its citizens has been impacted by ECOWAS sanctions which were in place from July 2023 to February 2024. On top…

On 5th October, 2024, President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso made an important statement in a radio address: the country will be revoking mining licences and…

On this day in 1987, visionary pan-African icon and leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara was assassinated by his longtime friend and, at the time, minister…

On 7 October, Burkina Faso’s Higher Council of Communications suspended Voice of America (VOA) from broadcasting for three months. This comes after a 19 September programme,…

“If you bury the truth in the deepest depths of the ocean, one day it will swim its way out” – so goes an African proverb,…