Mali’s transitional President, General Assimi Goita, has officially granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, ...

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, ...

The Malian court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto complex plans to sell one metric ton of gold from ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups ...

M ali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which ...

“This is a President going for leisure when he couldn’t visit Minna, Niger state where over two hundred lives were lost and over 700 persons still missing in a flood natural disaster. I wonder which ...

As of March 2025, Hausa, which is spoken by almost 50 percent of the population, has been named the official language of Niger, replacing French, which was imposed during the colonial period.

Stakeholders in Niger State condemned the practice of forced marriage, affirming that no section of the Nigerian Constitution, Sharia law, the Holy Bible, or the Qur’an supports such an act.

As a nation yet to taste success at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Mali will have their work cut out for them as they gear up for a tense Group C affair in Morocco next month.

Burkina, Mali, and the Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit. The summit, designed to discourage Africa-led ...