AFRICOM Chief Michael Langley has linked rising terror attacks in Africa to reduced US counterterrorism presence across the ...

Africa’s sixth-biggest country, Niger, has taken a bold step to distance itself from its troubled past by adopting a new official language. For over 60 years, France controlled the country as ...

The U.S. has initiated talks with countries like Benin ... discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S. military in favor of ...

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday. Niger is 'the fifth ...

has congratulated Niger on becoming the first country in Africa to eliminate river blindness. The announcement was made Thursday, on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. The achievement ...

AFRICOM’s commander says regional governments have been informed about Washington’s decision to reassess its security role on ...

Delegates from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali took ... society groups as well as allies from across West Africa and beyond — discussed their countries’ sovereignty as well as economic and ...

Once-close relations between the two countries saw the US ... it became clear that the US and Niger had very different visions,” said Liam Karr, Africa team lead for the US-based Critical ...