ABIDJAN: In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on ...

CORRECTION: Bank Al-Maghrib signs up to The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), Establishing Morocco as its ...

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d'état. While the event reshaped Mali's domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a ...

The Nigerien army announced yesterday that it had killed at least 11 terrorists in response to two coordinated attacks carried out on July 2 and July 3 in the Tillabery and Dosso regions of western ...

Police in Niamey have seized 31.6 kilograms of cannabis and various other narcotics in a major drug bust in the Saga Gorou ...

Billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet system has become an increasingly common tool for armed groups to communicate in ...

NIAMEY, Niger, July 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A double attack Friday by suspected jihadists near Niger's western border with ...

Burkina Faso has withdrawn the licences of four foreign NGOs to operate in the junta-led country and suspended two other ...

The Nigerien government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed a funding agreement on Thursday ...

French nuclear fuel giant Orano’s uranium mining subsidiary in northern Niger is on the verge of bankruptcy, raising alarms ...