China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua ... Sakoira is located in the three-border region of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, a new hotbed of insecurity maintained in recent years by other jihadist groups.

The Sahel, a semi-arid region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara, has long been a focal point of geopolitical competition due to its vast natural resources, st ...

Integrating the Kano-Maradi Railway into the African Integrated Standard Gauge Railway Network (AISGRN) ...

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — A new flour mill with a daily capacity of 220 tonnes of flour and 80 tonnes of bran was ...

Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says the withdrawal of the Alliance of Sahel States from ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has led Burkina Faso since a 2022 coup, is focusing on economic autonomy to reduce reliance on foreign aid and harness internal resources. This strategy ...

the president of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP), this Thursday in Niamey. One of the key outcomes of the national conference, which lasted six days, is a five ...