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Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a ...

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group planned attacks on infrastructure in Africa, including pipelines belonging to the ...

In custody since 2023, the deposed Niger president’s family is working with an American democracy activist to capture ...

Women in Niger have been the most impacted by terrorist attacks in the country and now they donate money and goods to strengthen the anti-colonial fight in the countryWomen have always been at the ...

Nigeria's oil renaissance is, undoubtedly, a moment of promise. However, this window of opportunity will not remain open ...

The French president’s attitude towards Africa has been an ongoing headache for his diplomats on the continent, who find themselves running constant damage control.

The late Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary force has been accused of plotting attacks against Western ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.