A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting ...

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday threatened "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 ...

Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, voiced Cairo’s support for Mali’s fight against armed groups in the Sahel, as ...

Nigeria's Air Force has reacted to threatening statements by neighbouring Mali after a Nigerian military aircraft headed to ...

The United Nations has reported abuses on all sides. But the allegations against Africa Corps are new, and the AP is ...

The Republic of Niger has announced new restrictions on goods originating from Nigeria, citing heightened security concerns, ...

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses ...

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Dozens of civilians who fled the fighting told The Associated Press that 'a new Russian military unit that replaced the ...

One hundred of the 265 pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Co-Education Boarding School in Niger State have been freed ...