RABAT (Reuters) - Mali and Niger have agreed a comprehensive peace deal with Tuareg rebel groups under which 1,100 fighters have already laid down their arms, said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who ...

INTIKANE, Niger, May 7 (UNHCR) - The long column of animals - flanked by men sitting high in the saddle - headed eastwards at a steady pace, raising clouds of dust on the trek towards new pastures. It ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) – A Tuareg rebel leader who belonged to Moammar Gadhafi’s inner circle and who led the last Tuareg uprising in the West African nation was arrested overnight in Niger’s capital, a ...

* Main Niger Tuareg rebel groups, government agree peace * Rebel group says formal peace deal should follow * Libyan-sponsored talks are first in two-year rebellion TRIPOLI, April 7 (Reuters) - ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Tuareg rebels fighting the government of Niger released their last hostage on Sunday, an interior minister said on state TV. The state television station broadcast images of ...