Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, according to local officials and ...

This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

Danso, security and international relations expert, says the exit of three junta-led states from the West Africa ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

ShareThe West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognised the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after ...

The Sahelian State Exodus, Regional Stability and Nigeria Leadership Litmus Test - Can Abuja Steer a New Path?

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has described as complex the reason for the exit of Burkina ...