China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Armed assailants in western Niger killed at least 10 soldiers in an ambush on a military unit that had been sent to hunt cattle rustlers in ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

Senegal President Bassirou Diyomaye Faye has set up a government agency to rename Senegalese street names, a sign of the ...

The same month, militants of an Islamic State group affiliate — known as Islamic State Sahel Province — likely shot and killed 21 passengers on a bus in the Arboudji village, near the border with ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth ... Guatemala and Mexico as eliminating the infection. Additionally, Senegal in 2022 stopped treatment and is now under post-treatment surveillance ...

Dr Godknows Igali is a former Nigeria Ambassador to Sweden, Denmark and Norway. He is also the First Vice President of the Academy of International Affairs of Nigeria. In this interview with WALE ...

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...