Al Qaeda Group Strikes in Nigeria's NorthwestBy Mike Odeh James and Olikita Ekani(Maiduguri) In a tragic turn of events, Boko Haram terrorists launched a deadly ambush on the Chadian armed fo ...

The West African nation's military rulers, who took power in a coup last year, have pulled away from Western partners and ...

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from ...

The group, made up of jihadists from Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad, has operated silently in Sokoto since 2018, but is now ...

Niger's military rulers on Tuesday withdrew French humanitarian NGO Acted's licence to operate amid tensions with its former colonial ruler.

Nine members of an armed rebel movement seeking the release of Niger's ousted president surrendered Monday, officials in the north of the military-ruled country said.

Nigeria's military has said a new Islamist insurgent group from Niger and Mali, known as Lakurawa, was operating in the northwest and officials and residents said it killed 15 people last Friday in ...

The junta in Niger led by Abdourahamane Tiani has reiterated its accusations that France attempted to overthrow it. Paris ...

Nigeria's military has warned of a new insurgent group, Lakurawas, infiltrating the country's northwest region from neighbouring Niger and Mali, its spokesperson said on Thursday.

Former militant leader Asari Dokubo on Tuesday accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of betraying the people of the ...

France has depended on Niger for up to 15% of its uranium needs. In the summer of 2023, a coup d’etat took place in Niger overthrowing President Mohamed Bazum. The military government said it would ...

It’s unclear if Niger, which has been controlled by a junta since a coup last year and is one of the world’s biggest uranium producers, is weighing giving Türkiye access to undeveloped or ...