A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

An attack by armed men in western Niger killed 12 soldiers on Friday in an area near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, which has long been a hotbed of extremist violence, according to the army.

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger’s Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger's Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

Analysis - The latest tensions are a wake-up call for the AU, which has lost influence in the Sahel-Saharan region.

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, leaving 44 civilians dead, an attack the army attributed to the Islamic ...

Five migrant workers from Jharkand who had gone to Niger for employmet were allegedly abducted. Their families and Jharkand’s ...

Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably ...

Compared to the chaotic state of Western nations, Russia looks to Africans like a stable, reliable power — whatever internal ...

Verve, Africa’s largest domestic payments card and token brand has expanded its footprint into the West African Economic and ...