At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger’s Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, leaving 44 civilians dead, an attack the army attributed to the Islamic ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to assist in rescuing five migrant ...

The Nigerien army announced that 12 soldiers were killed in an armed attack about 10 kilometers north of Saqqira, near Tillaberi, southwest of the country. In a statement, the army said the attack, ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s intervention in helping workers from the state, who were allegedly abducted in Niger, a west African ...

An attack by armed men in western Niger killed 12 soldiers, the army said Saturday, in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence. The “surprise offensive” was launched Friday ...

Foreigners exploit ungoverned spaces and routes in northern Nigeria to enter the country and unleash mayhem on helpless residents.

Africa's economic ascent continues unabated, with six of the world's ten fastest-growing economies now located on the continent. As sectors ...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched the beginning of activities to ...

The African Union (AU) announced on Sunday, April 27, that it had finalized a draft “strategy” to accelerate the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, as part of efforts to ease travel, residence, and ...

North Africa is receiving a record number of tourists across all regions, from the traditional tourism powerhouses such as Morocco and Egypt, to the harder to reach corners, such as Algeria, Libya and ...

A prominent Moroccan academic says shifting international dynamics could soon lead to a breakthrough in the decades-long dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. In an article titled “The Moroccan Sahara: ...