FILE- French journalist Olivier Dubois arrives at the VIP lounge at the airport in Niamey, Niger, on March 20 ... He spent 711 days in desert captivity, sleeping chained to a tree, eating dried goat ...

Observed at 18:00, Tuesday 18 February BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are West Africa Standard Time (Africa/Niamey, GMT+1) unless otherwise stated.

In the capital, Niamey, sales of equipment have not so far ... high-speed internet access is now available in some parts of the Tenere desert, through which travellers pass, alongside thousands ...

NIAMEY, Niger: Less than a third of Niger's ... Niger – 1,267 square kilometres (490 square miles) largely covered by desert plains and sand dunes. The deal is lucrative for the US company.