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 ...

(Recasts with details and quotes) By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, June 17 (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels in Niger carried out a hit-and-run attack on the airport of the Saharan town of Agadez on Sunday, ...

AGADEZ, Niger – On the scorching edge of the Sahara Desert, the U.S. Air Force is building a base for armed drones, the newest front in America's battle against the growing extremist threat in ...

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, March 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For this ancient town on the southern edge of the Sahara, the flow of desperate migrants trying to reach Europe used to be a boon, not a burden.

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 ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — 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 ...