Nigerian troops foil robbery attack and rescue victims in Sanga, Kaduna. The Army has restored security while the Police are ...

Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, since the military coup in July 2023.

Global Atomic (TSX: GLO) saw its shares jump by more than 20% on Wednesday after the company reiterated that its flagship ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, ...

Analysis - With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

The U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars on foreign aid, much of it on humanitarian assistance, though it also has supported the militaries of strategic allies.

The UN said the military government had "not furnished any explanation for Bazoum's lengthy detention or for the absence of trials".