Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

The bomber flights come as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program.

Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed that a soothsayer foretold in 1952 that Ibrahim Babangida would one day become Nigeria’s ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...

He made this known on Thursday, February 20, 2025, when he spoke at the launch of IBB's memoir, A Journey In Service, in Abuja. The book launch, which had in attendancePresident Bola Tinubu, Yakubu ...

A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following national discussions, officials said. After a coup in 2023 when the army seized ...

As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

A militant attack on an army position has killed six soldiers in northern Benin, where government troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by armed Islamist groups, an army spokesperson said.

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

The Malian army must adapt its defense strategies to security threats, affecting both the country and the West African ...

They reportedly passed through the Mamman Kontagora Technical College before abducting the girls, aged between 15 and 17, and taking them to Kwangel Forest, a known criminal hideout. Gunmen ...