Five migrant workers from Jharkand who had gone to Niger for employmet were allegedly abducted. Their families and Jharkand’s ...

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 ...

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

A surprise attack in western Niger by armed assailants has resulted in the deaths of 12 soldiers. The incident occurred near ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded arrangements to relocate its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger following their withdrawal from the body. ECOWAS Council of ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Council of Ministers will be meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on ...

The ECOWAS Council of Ministers will hold an Extraordinary Session from April 22 to 23, 2025, in Accra to discuss the withdrawal ...

Following the sanctions by ECOWAS on Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso in January 2024 due to the military coups that ousted their respective elected governments, the military leaders of the three ...