Key deliberations are expected to focus on the recent exit of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso—collectively known as the ...

A local court in Guinea has sentenced the country’s immediate past prime minister for five years after finding him guilty of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.

Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, says the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from ECOWAS has placed more burden on the Nigerian mil­itary. Abubakar said this at the opening of the First ...

China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

The Nigerian government has signed agreements with Algeria and the Republic of Niger to advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) and enhance gas supplies to European markets. Officials from the ...

The military rulers of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso appear to be jointly pursuing a similar isolationist course in the Sahel regionImage: Mahamadou Hamidou/REUTERS Medical charity Doctors Without ...

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which has made sovereignty a key issue, did not give any details about the ...