Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has reiterated his offer of an open door to fighters from armed jihadist groups wishing to repent, during a visit to the southwest of the country, the scene of recurrent deadly attacks (Footage by AFPTV...

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visits a refugee camp south of N'Djaména in Chad, a country hosting more than a million displaced people (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The French Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of the Armed Forces affirmed in Niamey their desire to deepen Paris' key economic and military partnership with Niger, at a time when France is seeking to redefine its strategic offer in Africa...

Illustrative images of various activities of the Barkhane force in Niamey (Niger) and N'Djamena (Chad): a joint coordination centre, an air base housing Mirage 2000Ds and a cooperation operation with a local Chadian association (Footage...

Nigeria brings home around 12,000 people who fled violence in the northwest of the country earlier this year, including from neighbouring Niger (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Algeria. 1950s. MAN GATHERS CROPS IN ALGERIAN OASIS. SAND BLOWS THROUGH DESERT. CARAVAN OF CAMELS CROSSES DESERT. OASIS IN DESERTS AND BLOWS THROUGH DESERT. CARAVAN OF CAMELS CROSSES DESERT. OASIS IN DESERT

Hundreds of children with blue Unicef bags on their backs attend are back at school after fleeing violence in their hometowns (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

NORTH AFRICA: MEN CLIMB OFF TRAIN IN SAHARA DESERT. ROAD ACROSS SAHARA. CAR DRIVES ACROSS DESERT. WATER AND GASOLINE AT DESERT STATION.

NORTH AFRICA: HANDS SORT THROUGH DATES IN BASKET. FARM BY OASIS IN DESERT. VILLAGE IN DESERT OASIS

1950S, ALGERIA: WOMEN RIDE ON CAMELBACK TOWARD PALM TREE HORIZON. WOMEN RIDE CAMELBACK WITH GUIDES ALONG DESERT LANDSCAPE. WOMAN WALKS FROM VILLAGE CLEARING WHERE PEOPLE, DOG MILL ABOUT.

BUILDING IN SAHARA DESERT. TRUCK DRIVES ACROSS DESERT. TRAIN IN DESERT. PLANE IN DESERT

CAMELS VISIT VILLAGE. 1950s

VIEW OVER DESERT FROM PLANE WINDOW. HOUSES IN SAHARA DESERT. PEOPLE IN SAHARA DESERT

Messaouda, not yet thirty years old, speaks about her experience at the hands of increasingly brutal Nigerian bandits who kidnapped her and held her hostage for eighteen days last year (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Several African presidents including Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari and Rwanda's Paul Kagame gather in Niamey for an extraordinary summit of the African Union on industrialisation and a session on the African Continental Free Trade Area...

The delegations of Niger, Republic of Congo and Ethiopia land at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, ahead of the second US-Africa Leaders Summit which will take place in Washington, DC between December 13 and 15 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...

In Souloufeta, a village in the remote Aïr Mountains of northern Niger, health care comes in the form of an empty building manned by a nurse with no equipment and no drugs (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Charity is giving away Goats to the Poor

As droughts occur more frequently in Niger and access to water has become sparse the centuries old nomadic life of Fulani Wodabe herders is now threatened by climate change (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)