Niger has withdrawn from the military coalition fighting Islamist insurgency groups in the Lake Chad region of west-central Africa, saying it will focus instead on protecting its oil operations from ...

Elite competition for dominance over illegal mining locations leads to funding of armed bandits, and the use of violence ...

Analysis - Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation ...

Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation.

Paul Ojo Omamomo, one of Nigeria’s foremost international football scout is looking forward to discovering the country’s next ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and ...

Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...

Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. The country's return to ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France's back-channel talks with the ...

In response Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, declared a state of emergency in Rivers, the oil-rich state in the Niger Delta ...