Things could deteriorate even further as Niger confronts a “perfect storm”. The country has one of the highest population growth rates in the world, with few signs of slowing down. Its fertility rate ...

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 ...

Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has said that majority of the population in the State live below poverty line. He made the assertion while delivering a keynote address at a Sustainable Economic Development ...

An upsurge of violence in the south-east of Niger means that the population’s suffering is increasing “with each passing month,” a UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR ) spokesperson warned on Tuesday, at a ...

With 49% of the population aged between 0 and 14 in Niger, it is the country with the largest percentage of the young population in the world. The total population of the country stands at 27,202,843.