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Niger replaces French with Hausa as official language, marking a historic cultural shift and ending decades of colonial ...

Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of ...

Niger's junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master.

BAMAKO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger issued a joint statement on Sunday, recalling their ambassadors to Algeria in protest against the downing of a Malian military drone by ...

In a bold attempt to establish its autonomy and remove colonial influence, Niger has formally designated Hausa its national language, thus demoting French to a basic working language. ・Niger has ...

Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Burkina Faso will have access to about US$ 32 million (SDR 24.1 million) in financing. Economic growth is ...

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military uniforms. Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem had been ...

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers ...

Burkina Faso have become the first African team to secure qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025™. They have won their opening two matches in the CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations ...

1 Training and Research Department, AGRHYMET Regional Centre, Niamey, Niger. 2 Applied Meteorology Department, National Meteorological Agency, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 3 Geography Department, Joseph ...

Women and girls in Burkina Faso are being discriminated against by a system that won’t let them make decisions about their education, healthcare and contraception. We’re campaigning for the ...