While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence ...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to ...

A military source has confirmed that the five Malian soldiers who went missing after a terrorist attack in Mali’s central region of Mopti over the weekend were found dead in river Niger. The source ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries' foreign ministries said in a ...

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

A man rows a canoe on the Niger river in Bamako, Mali, December 4, 2024. Bamako is the capital of Mali, a country in the grips of a jihadist insurgency. Military coups in 2020 and 2021 led to ...