Niger Drops French As Official Language After Mali, Burkina Faso | Firstpost Africa | N18G Niger has officially designated ...

The West African country announced that it would leave the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. It comes after the country left the regional bloc ECOWAS in January.

The military government in Niger Republic has decided to make Hausa the country’s new national language. The development is a ...

On Monday, fellow junta-led states Burkina Faso and Niger, which have also turned their backs on former colonial power France while forging ties with Russia, announced their withdrawal from the OIF.