Military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, stating it poses a threat to...
France’s ambassador to Niger Republic is still in the coup-hit Sahel country despite an ultimatum from the new army leaders to leave his post, French President...
West African military chiefs are set to meet Thursday in Ghana to coordinate a possible intervention aimed at reversing Niger’s coup. Alarmed by a cascade of...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries taking advantage of instability in coup-hit Niger, whose neighbour Mali has become a partner...
The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from...
Yoruba have a way with the Sigidi, whose closest modern translation is the robot. So when the Sigidi – a moulded clay effigy – at the...
At least 13 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in clashes in southeast Niger while 4 civilians have been executed by the jihadists, a mixed African...
As part of an initiative to ease its heavy dependence on energy from neighbouring country, Nigeria; Niger on Wednesday inaugurated an oil-fired power station in the...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Tuesday, pledged to help rebuild the Sasa Market, Ibadan, which was burnt down in the wake of the crisis that...
Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger last month (April). This takes the total...
