NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known ...

Agadez, a desert outpost in the West African country of Niger, was officially closed to migration for years in a deal with the European Union. Now, the gate has reopened. By Elian Peltier Photographs ...

Hordes of Nigerian and other Africans aiming to reach Europe en route North Africa are stranded in Agadez, a city in Niger Republic known as the gateway to the Sahara. The migrants are living in ...

AGADEZ, Niger – The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again. Every week, thousands of migrants from West and Central ...