Press freedom has hit a 25-year low. More than half the world's countries now face difficult or very serious press freedom situations. The ...

Mali's defence minister died after an attack on his house, his family said Sunday, as the army fought a second day of battles with jihadist...

Gunmen launched coordinated attacks across Mali early Saturday, targeting locations in the capital, Bamako, and other cities. Residents rep...

The US has handed over its last military base in Niger, Airbase 201, to local authorities after withdrawing troops from Airbase 101 in Niam...

Al Hassan convicted of war crimes in Timbuktu for reign of terror by insurgents in 2012. Victims faced corporal punishment, imprisonment. P...

Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting Africa to explore options for maintaining a U.S. presence ...

The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger's decision to order out all US ...

The UN Credentials Committee, an obscure body within the United Nations, is responsible for deciding who gets representation at the UN Gene...

The developments come after French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the ruling junta’s demand to recall his ambassador a month after a co...

Only last month, the landscape of Niger underwent a dramatic shift when members of the presidential guard staged a coup, taking control fro...

As the political standoff in Niger continues, the plight of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and his family highlights the dire consequence...

France has announced it will evacuate French and other European citizens from Niger following the military coup last week, making it the se...

Various factions of Niger's military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohame...

Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Stephen Heappey announced that the UK would withdraw the troops from Mali as a part of the pea...

Jihadists from Boko Haram and a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, have been using the region for years as a hav...

France has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane operation which spans five countries in the Sahel -- Burkina Faso...

A joint mission from the United Nations, African Union and Economic Community of West African States will visit Niger on Sunday to assess t...