Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Junta leader, General Abdourahamane ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Scores of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

Google is reevaluating its DEI initiatives, ending hiring targets, and reviewing diversity programs amid policy shifts ...

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...