Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali.
On Saturday, 71-year-old Noël Louise Mekah Fossi, the daughter of murdered Cameroon independence activist Jacob Fossi, stands at the site of his death in Metche Falls. She is an outspoken critic of France's foreign policy towards its former colony.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.
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 extr
Starting with a heavy-duty tubular chassis and carbon fiber body panels, Ford’s Dakar Rally vehicle was made to withstand rough terrain.
Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans.
Junta-led Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will officially quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday, following years of deteriorating relations that have redefined trade routes across the fractured region.
The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is "a blow to ECOWAS and I would say beyond that a blow to regional integration in West Africa,
The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after 50 years, reported German news agency dpa. The withdrawal from the regional economic bloc ECOWAS,
The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasitic disease.
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus.
Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led ... deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extremist violence DAKAR, Senegal -- The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina ...