An American missionary was kidnapped from his home in the West African nation of Niger, multiple security sources told CBS News.
The man, who has not been officially identified, was kidnapped in the capital, Niamey, on Tuesday, about 100 yards (91 (...)
Burkina Faso's junta has expelled the UN's top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the militant conflict.
Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared "persona non grata" because of her role in drafting the report (...)
Augustine Ogbo works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia.
When he returns to his home in the coastal town of Rodney Bay, he clocks in for his second job — as the owner and solo chef of a (...)
A new constitution that has allowed Togo's long-time head of state Faure Gnassingbé to shift to a new role as all-powerful prime minister – and escape the constraint of presidential term limits – has triggered anger on the streets of the capital, (...)
The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid Paris' waning regional influence.
France has faced opposition from leaders of some of its former colonies in (...)
A week after three Indians were kidnapped in Mali, their families say they still have no information about their whereabouts and are concerned about their safety.
India's foreign ministry said the men, who worked in a cement factory in Mali, were (...)
The global nuclear watchdog's board of governors has formally declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.
Nineteen of the 35 countries on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (...)
In recent weeks, European nations have been grappling with a shifting geopolitical reality: the United States, under President Donald Trump's influence and perhaps again in the near future, appears increasingly insistent that Europe should manage (...)
Algeria has closed its airspace to all flights to and from Mali as the row over a drone that was shot down close to their common border escalates.
On Sunday, Mali accused its northern neighbor of being a sponsor and exporter of terrorism after (...)
US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned.
It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen (...)
At least 44 people were killed and 13 others injured in what authorities described as a deliberate strike against civilians in southwestern Niger on Friday, according to Interior Minister Mohamed Toumba.
The assault occurred in the village of (...)
France formally began its military withdrawal from Senegal on Friday, transferring control of two key facilities to the West African nation as part of a broader shift in its regional strategy.
"The French side handed over to the Senegalese side the (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia is hosting donors' conference to support displaced persons and refugees in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), will (...)
The death toll from devastating floods in Nigeria since August 16 has risen to 49, with at least 470 people injured, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported on Monday.
The northern states of Jigawa, Adamawa, and Taraba have been hit (...)
In response to the severe humanitarian crisis impacting Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Saudi Arabia has announced plans to host a high-level ministerial donor conference on October 26, 2024.
The conference, supported by the (...)
Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold militants.
The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 50 kilometers (...)
An attack that reportedly killed more than 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about unrest in the security forces, in a country where the military has been in power since 2022.
The leader of the military (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman held a meeting in Riyadh on Sunday with Maj. Gen. Kassoum Coulibaly, the Minister of State and Minister of Defense and Veterans of the Republic of Burkina Faso.
During the meeting, they examined (...)
Russian troops have been deployed to an airbase in Niger where American soldiers are located, US officials say.
The move comes after Niger's military rulers ordered the US to withdraw troops who had been countering Islamic insurgents in the (...)
Burkina Faso has suspended yet more foreign media outlets over their coverage of a report accusing its army of killing 223 civilians.
The report, by US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), said it believed the massacre in February was in retaliation for (...)
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina Faso, where several hundred civilians, including children, were reportedly killed amidst fighting between security forces and armed groups.
According to (...)
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and "widespread death" from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies (...)
All US soldiers are set to leave Niger, ending their role in the fight against Islamist insurgents.
Military leaders in the West African nation have sought closer ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.
On Friday the US also (...)
A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.
Researchers say (...)
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have announced they are leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The junta-led countries had already been suspended from the bloc, which has been urging them to return to democratic rule.
The three (...)
