Agence France Presse - Niger News via IZF.net
In French. Very current news. On the IZF.net site. http://www.izf.net/izf/Guide/Niger/Default.htm

AllAfrica.com - Niger News
Current news from African and U.N. sources. Company formed from a merger with the long-time publisher of Africa News (Durham, North Carolina).

BBC - Africa News
May or may not have news. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/

clari.world.africa.western
Subscription only. Has Agence France Presse, AP, and Reuters wire stories on Africa posted daily. Your internet service provider (or university) must be a subscriber for you to access the stories.

CNN - Africa News
Use their Search (put in the Search box Niger -Nigeria to avoid getting articles on Nigeria). http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/archive/

Global NewsBank
Subscription service. Some universities subscribe. Does not have the latest news but good for researching news from a week ago back to 1985.  Includes selected reports from the BBC Monitoring Service (English translations of news), Agence France Presse, IPS, PANA, radio and/or TV stations. Request Niger or Niamey for your search. [KF] http://infoweb.newsbank.com/

International Committee of the Red Cross
In English, French, and Spanish. May have current news reports. http://www.icrc.org/eng

Kakaki - News of Niger
Weekly independent news source, created by Joel Meyer, former Peace Corps Volunteer. Has some past issues online. http://www.joelmayer.com/niger/index.html#news

(Lexis-Nexis)
Subscription only; some universities subscribe. Full text articles from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, Agence France Presse, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Guardian (London), Africa News, Associated Press, TV transcripts, and many more sources. Selected Lexis-Nexis databases. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

Republicain (Niamey)
In French. "Hebdomadaire nigerien independant." The newspaper issues are in Adobe pdf format. The Bamako 2000 conference web site has a page about Le Republicain. http://www.republicain-niger.com/

Tam Tam
In French. News from Niger newspapers. Has a very comprehensive list of Niger newspapers. Web site based in Georgia, U.S.A. http://www.tamtaminfo.com/

United Nations, ReliefWeb
There may be Niger news in the IRIN West Africa news reports. Maintained by the UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int