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Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...
Twelve Nigerien soldiers were killed in a surprise attack in the Sahel region, near Niger's tri-border area with Mali and ...
Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...
Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded arrangements to relocate its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger following their withdrawal from the body. ECOWAS Council of ...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Council of Ministers will be meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on ...
Following the sanctions by ECOWAS on Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso in January 2024 due to the military coups that ousted their respective elected governments, the military leaders of the three ...
Niger joins Mali and Burkina Faso in distancing from France, having quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and forming the Alliance of Sahel States. Similar moves are underway across ...
As part of the escalation, Algeria also recalled its ambassadors from Mali and allied Niger and suspended the appointment of a new envoy to Burkina Faso. Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso jointly form a ...
Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, also former French colonies now under military rule, has withdrawn from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an international ...
On Sunday, Mali and its allies Niger and Burkina Faso – all three countries run by the military – withdrew their ambassadors from Algeria, a move Algiers quickly reciprocated. The airspace ...