The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Nigeria is Africa’s big brother, not just in name as the giant of Africa, but i deed, as it has always played key roles in ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

The United States has been a key supporter of agricultural development in Africa, mainly through USAID. In 2024, Niger ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the parasitic infection. Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also ...

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

A rice mill, fuel tanker and other properties have been destroyed in a gas explosion that rocked F&S Investment, a gas station in Niger State. The station is in Sabon Wuse, along the Abuja-Kaduna ...

Kidnappings have rarely been reported in Algeria in recent years but Africa’s largest country by area continues to face instability along its southern borders with Niger and Mali. The two ...

West Africa increasingly isolated For over a decade, Islamists in the border regions of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have been waging a deadly insurgency, which has killed several thousand people ...