Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Potential growth in Niger is estimated at around 6 percent with a structurally significant contribution of labor and peaks ...

Especially noteworthy among these were the coup in Mali on 24 May, 2021 led by Colonel Assimi Goita, the one in Burkina Faso on 30 September, 2022 led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, and that in Niger ...

While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence from France in 1960. Niger, formally known as the Republic of the ...

Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago of Niger State has imposed a 6pm to 6am curfew in Minna, the state capital, following a rise in attacks and killings. The restriction also applies to commercial ...

The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks Wednesday on cross-border security, terrorism and economic cooperation, despite tensions between the two neighbours since the July 2023 coup ...

The Niger State Government has imposed a curfew from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on commercial tricycle and motorcycle riders due to rising insecurity in Minna, the state capital. It was gathered that over ...

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has directed security operatives to arrest anyone wearing dreadlocks. Governor Bago issued the directive during a security meeting held in Minna on Tuesday. He ...

A sudden flood has caused widespread destruction in Cegama village and surrounding communities in Mokwa Local Government Area, Niger State, severely impacting dry-season rice farmers and wiping ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has convened a two-day meeting in Accra, Ghana, beginning Tuesday, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the ...