With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by military ... but that he trusted his ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The Conference of Civil Societies and Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMICO) has said the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

Niger is one of several Sahel nations where the military has seized power. Alongside Mali and Burkina Faso, the country has distanced itself from France and the Economic Community of West African ...

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A gas plant explosion engulfed a facility in Niger State on Saturday night, February 8, 2025, at about 11pm destroying properties worth millions of naira. The incident occurred beside Kalasma ...

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the election of commissioners, amid some confusion over the new ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

The Department of Industrial Relations has posted guidance for employers and workers on how to proceed rapidly and safely.

The final hearing for Cobre Panama mine under the International Chamber of Commerce proceedings has been postponed to ...

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has described the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, as a model worthy of emulation by other ...