Benin military coup: On television, eight soldiers with assault rifles, wearing berets of various colours and calling themselves the "Milit...

Political Turmoil in Gabon: Military seizes power amid election controversy.

Military officers in Gabon have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest after the announcement that he had won a thi...

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

The Ministry of External Affairs has advised Indian nationals to leave Niger as soon as possible due to the ongoing political unrest follow...

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

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

Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's pro-Western and democratically elected leader, rose to power in 2021, but now faces a coup attempt by the President...

Fighting in the vast semi-arid region began in 2012, when Islamist militants joined a local insurgency in northern Mali, capturing swathes ...

The trend of abduction from boarding schools was started by the jihadist group Boko Haram, which seized 270 schoolgirls from a school at Ch...

The team comprising ambassadors of the United States, South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Maldives, Norway, Morocco, Nigeria...

The two biggest headline-grabbing events have been the Canadian wildfires and the various attacks on energy infrastructure by the Niger Del...

Nigeria was dethroned as Africa’s largest oil producer this month because the deteriorating political and security situations.

The White House has blamed Republicans for delays in the confirmation of a long list of President Barack Obama's ambassador picks.

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

Oil prices were lower in Asian trade today after profit taking in a market nervous over lost production in Nigeria, the world's sixth bigge...

MINL, the Nigeria-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Manaksia Ltd, a supplier to the consumer goods industry, is planning expansions in other...