Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising ...

A combined force of 5,000 troops from Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon be deployed to address security challenges in ...

The juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional bloc ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped while transporting goods from Morocco to Niger and were later released in Niger.

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has executed the village head of Malam Boulamari in the Diffa region of ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signalling his administration's intention to mend ...

East African countries have plenty to offer Western miners in the coming years, notably the relative absence of strongarm ...

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

The Austrian foreign ministry says a female citizen has been taken by unknown assailants in the military-ran West African ...