Niger State government has announced N1 billion as an endowment fund for the construction of facilities for pupils with special needs across the 25 local government areas of the state.

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... [CEM OZDEL / GETTY IMAGES] On Tuesday in Niger, supporters of the military government praise their decision ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...

The Nigerian government is in talks with local communities to restart oil production in a region that’s previously suffered ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after more than a ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

ECOWAS imposed heavy economic sanctions in the wake of the coups, fraying diplomatic ties and forcing the juntas to look for new routes to transport goods in and out of the landlocked states.