Arts + Culture
The Agadez cross: the Tuareg silver pendant handed from father to son
The Agadez cross is the best known of a family of Tuareg silver pendants, each linked to a…
Niger
Music
A homemade guitar with bicycle cables: the rise of Mdou Moctar
Mdou Moctar, born Mahamadou Souleymane in Abalak, Niger, in 1984, built his first guitar using bicycle cables for…
Music
A guitar left behind by relatives: Bombino and the Tuareg desert blues
Bombino, born Omara Moctar in 1980 near Agadez in Niger, taught himself guitar in exile in Algeria after…
News
Police arrest fake doctor treating residents with injections in Niger robbery gang bust
Police in Niger State have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of posing as a medical doctor and treating…
News
Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali exit ECOWAS
In a significant development, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali have announced their departure from the Economic Community of…