At least 12 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an armed attack in Western Niger’s Tillaberi region, the army said on Sunday.

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, leaving 44 civilians dead, an attack the army attributed to the Islamic ...

Insecurity was a major campaign programme of Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to assist in rescuing five migrant ...

The Nigerien army announced that 12 soldiers were killed in an armed attack about 10 kilometers north of Saqqira, near Tillaberi, southwest of the country. In a statement, the army said the attack, ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s intervention in helping workers from the state, who were allegedly abducted in Niger, a west African ...

Africa's economic ascent continues unabated, with six of the world's ten fastest-growing economies now located on the continent. As sectors ...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched the beginning of activities to ...

The African Union (AU) announced on Sunday, April 27, that it had finalized a draft “strategy” to accelerate the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, as part of efforts to ease travel, residence, and ...

Foreigners exploit ungoverned spaces and routes in northern Nigeria to enter the country and unleash mayhem on helpless residents, findings by Sunday PUNCH have shown.Sources who spoke to our ...

For much of the post-colonial era, Africa’s development model has been deeply entangled with foreign aid. Billions of dollars ...

The Foreign Office’s red list covers more than 21% of the world’s landmass - and Brits ignoring its 'do not travel' advice ...