WEST AFRICAN KINGDOMS: THE KINGDOM OF GHANA The ... One of these towns, inhabited by Muslims, is large and possesses twelve mosques, in one of which they assemble for the Friday prayer.

Niamey, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a mosque in Niger, authorities in the West African country said on Saturday. Suspected members of the ...

Heavily armed jihadists encircled a mosque, where people had gathered ... The insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region started when Islamist militants took over territory in north Mali after ...

West Africa’s Sahel region has seen an uptick ... in the afternoon as people were attending a prayer service at the mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “The heavily armed ...

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

"The egregious attack on the Fambita Mosque - during Friday prayers in ... and more recently into some other coastal West African nations. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed characterised ...

and more recently into the north of coastal West African countries such as Togo and Ghana. Niger’s interior ministry said the latest attack occurred early in the afternoon as people were attending a ...