The Islamic State extremist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in Niger on an air force base in the capital ...

Niger's military leader has accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast of supporting armed groups that attacked an air force base in the capital, wounding four soldiers and damaging an ...

After several years of suspension, political parties in Burkina Faso have been formally dissolved by the military government, ...

ACCRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called on the political leadership of West Africa and the Sahel to take proactive efforts together against violent ...

The Sahel’s plight is a powerful lesson for the global community. The interconnectedness of climate change, state fragility ...

Niger's state broadcaster said armed men attacked a Nigerien Air Force base in the capital city overnight into Thursday morning, resulting in loud explosions and heavy gunfire ...

El grupo extremista Estado Islámico se atribuyó el viernes un ataque a una base de la fuerza aérea en la capital de Níger que ...

Togo is supporting juntas in the Sahel region by its extradition of Burkina Faso's former transitional president, as part of ...

Jan 30 - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the airport in Niger's capital Niamey in a statement on Friday ...

US air strikes, rival military blocs and competing foreign backers are reshaping security in West Africa and pushing states ...

Terrorist organisation, Islamic State Sahel, IS-Sahel, has executed four ‘idol worshippers’ and two sorcerers in northeast ...