Niger’s army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, ...

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining license to Russian company Nordgold for a new gold ...

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Pope Francis’ funeral will be attended by dozens of heads of state, monarchs, foreign ministers, and other leaders from ...

Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining licence to Russian company Nordgold for the Niou gold deposit, aiming to boost ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

Despite its ‘overarching’ achievements over the past 50 years (half a century) since its establishment, the Economic ...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the ...

An admission has been made on April 23 by the Government of Benin that 54 soldiers lost their lives in a recent assault by ...

British rapper and Burna Boy's former girlfriend, Stefflon Don, has called President Ibrahim Traore, the real giant of Africa ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group ...