Following the devastating flood that claimed nearly 200 lives in Niger State, the Federal Government and governors of flood-prone states have been urged to immediately implement anticipatory action ...

The Mokwa bridge's collapse has cut off a vital transit route connecting Nigeria's northern and southern regions, triggering national concernPresident Bola Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of ...

The list of African countries under military rule may have risen to seven as the Army in Gabon said they had taken over power ...

From infertility struggles to the shape of a woman's body, award-winning filmmaker Aicha Macky tackles issues considered ...

Nigeria's defence chief on Tuesday called for the country's borders with its four neighbours to be completely fenced to curb ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

An Al Qaeda-linked rebel group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers ...

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

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in 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 ...

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 ...