A national committee to chart Niger's future proposed Thursday that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit ...

A changing of the guard took place at the beginning of the ceremony to mark the transfer of security responsibilities to the ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from ...

France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation’s authorities, marking an end to ...

The Flag Foundation of Nigeria, FFN has described the death of leader of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of Yoruba social – political group Afenifere and leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief ...

President Bola Tinubu strengthened his political base in the North yesterday, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state declaring its support for him, amid divergence of opinions in the ...

France on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former colony. France has been present in the ...

Two former Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan,as well as some state governors in the country, have mourned a prominent Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark. Mr Clark, a former federal ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, ...