Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

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 against rising ...

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

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

The death toll in last Saturday's tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara local government area of Niger state has ...

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

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

Several African nations have expelled French troops, signaling a significant decline in the former colonial power’s influence ...

Some say no matter who’s in power, countries need to redefine what they want and how they want to work with new US ...

The death toll from a weekend fuel truck blast in Nigeria has reached 98 after more bodies were recovered from the wreckage on Monday, the head of the regional emergency agency said, adding 69 people ...