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 (...)
Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari — who once ruled as a military strongman before returning as a democratically elected leader — has died at age 82, his press secretary announced on Sunday.
Buhari died in London, where he had been (...)
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 (...)
Nigeria's president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after his execution sparked global outrage.
Along with eight other campaigners, Saro-Wiwa was convicted of murder, then hanged in 1995 by the then-military regime.
Many (...)
The official death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say. Another 500 people are still missing in the town in the central Niger State however, local official Musa Kimboku told (...)
At least 88 people have been confirmed dead after floods submerged Mokwa, a market town in Nigeria's Niger State, on Thursday, an official said.
Husseini Isah, head of the operations office in Minna, capital of Niger State, said that many more are (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) has launched the second phase of its Sahel Countries Program in Niamey, Niger, in a ceremony attended by Nigerien Minister of National Defense Lt. Gen. Salifou Mody and IMCTC Secretary-General (...)
At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, Reuters news agency reported citing the country's national emergency agency.
The accident in Niger (...)
French nuclear firm Orano says the military authorities in Niger have taken control of its uranium mining operations in the West African country.
After seizing power in a coup in July last year, Niger's military rulers said they would revamp rules (...)
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 (...)
At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision (...)
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 (...)
MINA — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hosted the annual reception ceremony for the Muslim leaders and heads of state, prominent Islamic personalities, Islamic scholars, (...)
The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death.
"You see the risks, people, we take to entertain you," the 42-year-old shouts above the noise of a small motor boat (...)
The US has reached an agreement with Niger to withdraw its military forces from the African nation by September 15, according to the US Defense Department and the Nigerien Ministry of National Defense.
The newly agreed deadline gives the US four (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Russia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will provide the African country with the "latest generation of anti-aircraft defense systems," Nigerien state broadcaster RTN said Thursday.
The equipment arrived in Niamey on Wednesday along (...)
