"About four people were thrown southward. We could hear them crying and screaming in the air," Abubakar Jibrin, a witness who narrowly escaped the fire, told PREMIUM TIMES.How did it happen?That was ...

NIGER, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former national security chief as envoy to the alliance formed by Niger ...

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 ...

The junta-led governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have established a joint military force aimed at addressing the escalating extremist violence in the Sahel region, according to a statement ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

South Africa's headline consumer inflation rose to 3.0% year on year in December from 2.9% in November , data from the ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

Orano has announced it is lodging a second arbitration procedure against the State of Niger following its loss of operational ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

Niger has freed an editor-in-chief arrested after his TV news channel aired a programme critical of the ruling junta, the broadcaster told AFP on Monday.