AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) - In a sandy compound in the Niger desert town of Agadez, a white-turbaned imam blesses a circle of African migrants, some of them little more than boys, to protect them on the ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...

Agadez, a desert outpost in the West African country of Niger, was officially closed to migration for years in a deal with the European Union. Now, the gate has reopened. By Elian Peltier Photographs ...

The counterterrorism drones are grounded but the camels aren’t at the U.S. Air Force’s remote base in Niger, where troops still get a taste of the local culture despite a July coup that has ruined ...

Wild-eyed with matted hair after four days in the searing Sahara sun, Ibrahim Kande climbs out of the pick-up truck he has ridden from Libya back to dusty Agadez in central Niger. Currently the ...

AGADEZ, Niger – The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again. Every week, thousands of migrants from West and Central ...