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 (...)
The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near (...)
Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate.
Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday in Riyadh, praised the positive outcome of the Saudi-African Summit in Riyadh, which will lead to a significant leap in cooperation and partnerships between Saudi (...)
Roughly 100 civilians were reportedly killed during a massacre on a village in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the European Union's diplomatic service said Monday.
"Nearly a hundred civilians, including women and children, are reported to (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
The military government in Niger says it has foiled an attempt by the deposed former President, Mohamed Bazoum, to escape from custody.
The former president attempted to flee in the night with his family, cooks and security, a military spokesman (...)
Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better?
Or in a French-African context, how come President Emmanuel Macron is surveying the tatters of French policy - coups in four Francophone states — just when (...)
The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on humanitarian operations limiting aid and protection, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
UNHCR's representative in Niger (...)
France's ambassador has remained in Niger despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in a defiant speech.
Ambassador Sylvain Itte had been ordered to go amid rapidly (...)
Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Daesh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighboring countries, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Ambassadors were (...)
Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.
This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to (...)
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu is facing a huge backlash at home over his threat to use military force to reverse the coup in next-door neighbor Niger.
Local media report there was strong opposition to military intervention at a session of the (...)
Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.
The country has been ruled by a junta following the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum nearly two weeks ago.
There (...)
Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbors.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger's (...)
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country's military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta's power grab could have "devastating consequences" for the region, where Russian mercenaries (...)
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger after a presidential coup plunged the West African nation into a political crisis that polarized neighboring countries in the region.
The French Foreign Ministry said it would remove French and (...)
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country's army took power in a coup.
It comes shortly after the US declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum — seen as a key Western ally in the fight (...)
Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself the new leader of Niger after a dramatic coup.
Also known as Omar Tchiani, he staged a takeover that started on Wednesday when the presidential guards unit he led seized the country's leader.
Deposed (...)
Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV.
They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders.
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops (...)
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has issued a defiant message on Twitter after soldiers announced a coup overnight in the West African nation.
Trouble began early on Wednesday when troops from the presidential guard took him captive.
His foreign (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman on Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, was briefed on the outcome of the official visit of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman to France and his meeting with (...)
Authorities in Burkina Faso must conduct a full and independent investigation into the recent killing of scores of civilians in a village near the border with Mali, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on (...)
JEDDAH — South Korea's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Park Joon-yong received on Monday the Korean diplomats and residents who were evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah.
The ambassador arrived at King Abdullah Air Base to receive the Korean nationals, who (...)
JEDDAH — The Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) carried out the operation that evacuated citizens, other nationals, diplomats and international officials from Sudan on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry announced.
The Royal Saudi Naval Forces conducted the (...)