Sudan's leader has warned the United Nations his country's war could spill over into neighboring African nations.
In a speech, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also urged the international community to designate his opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian national football team is set to play two friendly matches against Nigeria and Mali in Portugal during the upcoming international break in October.
In an official statement released on Wednesday, the Saudi Arabian Football (...)
Two attacks by suspected militants in restive northeastern Mali Thursday killed 64 people including dozens of civilians, the country's transitional government said.
The attacks targeted a passenger boat on the Niger River near Timbuktu and an army (...)
The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded migrants, after July's military takeover triggered border & airspace closures
IOM Regional Director (...)
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 (...)
While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country's stability and development, the head of the mission said on Monday.
Briefing the Security Council, (...)
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 (...)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa.
The BBC has not been able to verify where the video was filmed.
The video posted on Telegram channels linked to (...)
With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a "digital army" aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on social media networks and beyond.
Designing ways to fight back (...)
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 (...)
The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger following last week's coup.
Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country, and on Sunday the French embassy was attacked by protesters.
Coup (...)
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 (...)
Russia intercepted a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region on Friday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The unmanned aerial vehicle caused no casualties or damage to buildings, it said, though the exact location of the strike remains (...)
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 (...)
Wagner fighters, working with local armed groups, have been accused of committing grave human rights violations in Mali.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Russian mercenaries and Mali's armed forces had "summarily executed and forcibly disappeared (...)
The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says they will continue to fight in African countries where they are already present.
Ever since Prigozhin mounted a failed mutiny in Russia last month and was banished to Belarus, there (...)
