Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State has dismissed rumours of a rift between him and his deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba, ...

The government of Niger has kicked off a pilot that seeks to issue birth certificates to children under the age of five in ...

Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...

Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a statement by Indian ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader ...

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that military authorities in West Africa have been increasingly using enforced disappearances as a means of repression against civil and political activists ...

Oil spills on Nigeria's mangroves remain a salient problem, especially as the oil sector expands more and more in Nigeria.

Since he was first thrust into the limelight, to be publicly prosecuted over his role in the 1990s Goldenberg scandal, the Kamlesh Pattni saga has continued to unload radioactively, mesmerising the ...

An early heat wave, testing human limits, caused temperatures in Pakistan to reach 118 degrees last weekend, and could break ...

How collaboratives can accelerate government initiatives to eliminate preventable global health problems, as seen in the case ...