Niamey

Ministry of External Affairs has issued an advisory asking Indian nationals whose presence is not essential in Niger

Just hours after the military junta in charge of the country rejected an important regional bloc's deadline to surrender control.

Following the military coup in Niger, the French Government evacuated over 990 of its citizens including Indian nationals

Some 20 children died Tuesday after several classrooms caught fire at a school in Niger's capital Niamey, the fire service said.