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.

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

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 ...

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

NIAMEY, Niger — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to ...

Gunmen have kidnapped an Austrian woman in Niger's Agadez city NIAMEY ... is known to have been kidnapped in the conflict-hit West African nation since a military junta took power in 2023.