West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes - Niger’s defense minister ...

Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali – are set to deploy a 5,000-strong joint force to address escalating security challenges in the ...

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

It happened while you were sleeping. Here is what global agencies reported overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. 19,000 ...

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

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped over the weekend in West Africa and released in Niger. They were transporting electrical equipment on a dangerous route affected by militant activity in the ...

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

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

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend ...

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

The railway will connect Kano to Jigawa State, on the northern border of Nigeria, and extend to Maradi, Niger. In addition, a ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said ...