Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

D AKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger's ruling junta suspended the BBC for three months over the broadcaster's coverage of an extremist attack that allegedly killed dozens of Nigerien soldiers and ...

Strained relations between Abuja and Niamey have disrupted joint military patrols and allowed the armed group to expand.

Indigenisation efforts led by leaders more concerned with self-preservation than national progress often spell disaster.

while Senegal has confirmed its insistence on the eventual closure of the French military base in Dakar. But in any case, the crisis facing Orano in Niger represents a significant practical ...

Senegalese and Chadian leaders say the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise ...

Firstly, Niger is geographically the largest country in West Africa, while The Gambia is a tiny sliver of land surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, so sending troops in would be a whole ...

Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa Burkina Faso has joined Chad ...

Senegal on Thursday said it would send troops ... "Senegalese soldiers, for all these reasons, will go there," she said. Niger's electricity company says that neighbouring Nigeria has cut ...

Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign ... France, which has already left Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, on Thursday confirmed it had pulled its last troops out of the Faya base in ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.