The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

N’Djim was one of the vice-presidents of the National Transitional Council (CNT), the legislative body of Mali’s military rulers ... On Wednesday a journalist in Niger was also detained over similar ...

as neighbouring countries – such as Mali – have also pivoted towards Russia for support and investment, moving away from ...

Mali last month announced the nationalisation of the Yatela gold mine, a non-operating asset in which ...

ABUJA - Nigeria's military has warned of a new insurgent group, Lakurawas, infiltrating the country's northwest region from ...

Mali’s military junta — crippled by sanctions and cut off from Western aid — is at the forefront of the push, aggressively ...

Nigeria's military has said a new Islamist insurgent group from Niger and Mali, known as Lakurawa, was operating in the northwest and officials and residents said it killed 15 people last Friday in ...

The countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which continue to face terrorist attacks, are taking active measures to ...

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...

Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources ...

Niger's military rulers on Tuesday withdrew French humanitarian ... instead forging ties with fellow juntas in Burkina Faso ...

Nigerian Military Warns of New Militia Threat From Niger and Mali By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has warned of a new insurgent group, Lakurawas, infiltrating the country's ...