Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes ...

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 ...

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group planned attacks on infrastructure in Africa, including pipelines belonging to the ...

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

A former governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has questioned the rationale behind border closure, noting that ...

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

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

The juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional bloc ...

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

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

The Austrian foreign ministry says a female citizen has been taken by unknown assailants in the military-ran West African ...

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