The bill authorising the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, has been approved by Parliament

An agreement on the departure of U.S. troops by Sept. 15 "at the latest" was reached after several days of discussions between a U.S. Defense Department delegation and their Niger counterparts in Niamey

An urgent vaccination campaign against meningitis was launched in Niamey; according to WHO, the country has recorded 2.012 cases and 123 deaths by mid-April

The country organised its first Digital Week in Niamey, a national meeting bringing together experts and actors from the digital world, around the theme 'digital and sovereignty' with more than 4.000 participants from 15 countries

Military authorities again claimed that the now-broken military agreements that existed between Niger and the United States were a deception, claiming that the country gained nothing from US military bases in the country