Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local ...

One morning in late 2023, in an informal settlement in Niger's Agadez city, 49-year-old Bilal – a “passeur”, or smuggler who arranges migrants’ journeys to Europe – pocketed CFA200,000 ($350) from a ...

Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Agadez, Niger. (Reuters / Joe Penney) The bus station at Agadez was sleepy; the hot season was coming, and by ...

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 ...

AGADEZ, Niger — During the heyday of European-bound migration, this city built amid the sands of the Sahara desert was booming, with shop owners who catered to the travelers making healthy profits and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian ...

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 ...