A group known as Muryar Talaka Awareness Initiative has commended the federal government over its diplomatic efforts in Niger ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States from West African bloc ...

Niger said Friday that it had suspended broadcasting by a major private TV channel and one of its journalists a day after it aired a report on the "performance" of the country's military-led ...

Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa Burkina Faso has joined Chad ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is grappling with a significant challenge after Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their withdrawal from the regional bloc.

Security analysts are divided. Vladimir Antwi-Danso called it unprecedented for a visiting head of state to carry a firearm ...

Attacks in northern Benin have increased in recent years with authorities accusing members of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda ...

Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told ...

Analysis - How is Niger enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods last year that devastated an economy already crippled by sanctions?

Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed ...

Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ...

Attacks in northern Benin have increased in recent years with authorities accusing members of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda groups based in neighbouring countries.