An attack in Niger on Friday resulted in at least 8 deaths. The incident which was the third recorded in recent weeks occurred in the town of Diffa, near the border with Nigeria. Veronica Njie reports.

The Nigerian Army has reiterated its commitment to crushing Boko Haram terrorists, members of the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and ending all forms of criminality in the country. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Farouk Yahaya…

Niger State Government in North Central Nigeria, has confirmed the abduction of unspecified number of Pupils from Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School. The incident happped on Sunday evening at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of the State. While a…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards radical Islamism following the second coup in nine months. France has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane…

The leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has, with immediate effect, suspended Mali. This is the outcome of the emergency summit held in Accra on Sunday, following the coup by the Malian military led by Colonel…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday suggested France will pull troops from Mali if the country’s institutional instability persists and inhibits the fight against Islamic extremists. Macron told a news conference that France’s priority in Mali is the fight against…

Party officials said on Monday that former president Laurent Gbagbo will return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after a decade following his acquittal of crimes against humanity during a civil war.  In April, the International Criminal Court (ICC) based…

The governor of Abia State, South East Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged the federal government to urgently open talks with IPOB, a pro-Biafra group, and similar groups around the country, as a means of tackling the rising insecurity in Nigeria.…

Ghana’s central bank said Monday that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination will power a faster recovery of the country’s economy. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, said underlying inflation pressures had been easing and growth prospects improving…