The kidnapping of Claudia, married to a Nigerien citizen, "is in line with these recent hostage-takings in the Sahel," Wassim Nasr, a researcher with the Soufan Center research group and a journalist ...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to these parts of the world could prove risky, according to the Foreign, ...

As disputes continue between Barrick and the government of Mali over the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex, Barrick says that ...

Despite the bitter exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS and their formation of the rival AES, the destinies of the two blocs remain deeply intertwined.The split between the Economic ...

In Nigeria — home to 30 percent of the world’s annual 600,000 malaria deaths — clinics that once served 300 people a day in the conflict-hit Borno state have abruptly shut down, Ibrahim and other laid ...

Relations between the African neighbors have been deteriorating since 2023. Amid calls to thaw ties, is there enough ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (April 8) said countries are "kissing my ass" to secure trade deals hours before ...

Algeria and Mali have banned flights between the two countries in the wake of the recent shooting down of a Malian uncrewed ...

West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over a deepening dispute between Algeria and its southern ...