The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to mount a world class agric investment summit. The upcoming summit is ...

The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Foreign aid covered 80 percent of Niger's needs during this year's food crisis, Nigerien officials say, but the United Nations has warned that the country must rein in its ...

NIAMEY, Niger -- Hamsa Diakite can't remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal. She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in ...

Everyone has acknowledged that there is indeed serious hunger in the land. But the Niger state government has decided to take the gauntlet and seize this auspicious moment to till the land with the ...

Border closures and a freeze on financial transactions imposed after soldiers seized power are hurting millions, while Western nations remain divided over what to do. By Elian Peltier Reporting from ...

To boost food production in the country’s most populated but tiniest state by landmass, Niger State Governor Umar Bago yesterday donated 100,000 hectares of land to Lagos State for agricultural ...