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 have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising ...

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

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

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

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

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has executed the village head of Malam Boulamari, a locality in Niger's Diffa region.

In this edition of the Spotlight on Africa podcast, experts and analysts delve into Africa's evolving diplomacy as the ...

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

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

Opinion - Security in the Sahel, one of the world's most dynamic regions, requires concerted effort by all concerned countries.

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