The military government in Niger has announced that Hausa is now the country's official national language, replacing French.

Niger military government has officially made Hausa the country’s new national language, moving away from its colonial past where French played a central role.The change was announced in a new charter ...

In a historic move to break away from its colonial legacy, Niger Republic has officially designated Hausa as the country’s ...

Having recalled their ambassadors and closed their respective airspaces, Algiers and Bamako now find themselves in a climate ...

Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Malawi, and Zambia. Since then, it’s expanded to at least 18 countries across Africa.

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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had “done everything possible” to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina ...

When listeners in northern Nigeria tuned into Voice of America last month, they found music playing in place of their regular broadcast -- a telltale sign, historically, that soldiers had seized ...

In Niger, a local company has been granted a license to mine copper. Meanwhile, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso aim to reduce dependence on foreign mining companies and diversify their ...

In a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a ...

At a meeting in Moscow Thursday, Russia and a group of west African countries led by military juntas hailed growing military ...