Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

East African countries have plenty to offer Western miners in the coming years, notably the relative absence of strongarm ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped while transporting goods from Morocco to Niger and were later released in Niger.

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government .

The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s ...

This climate catastrophe also took place as Niger was already suffering under sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The West Africa regional bloc ...

Women in Niger have been the most impacted by terrorist attacks in the country and now they donate money and goods to strengthen the anti-colonial fight in the countryWomen have always been at the ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped over the weekend in West Africa and released in Niger. They were transporting electrical equipment on a dangerous route affected by militant activity in the ...

While you were sleeping, global agencies reported the following events overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. Nineteen ...