Military juntas in three West African states warned they would shoot down any aircraft that violated their airspace, after a ...

Nigeria's government on Monday rescued 100 schoolchildren abducted last month from a Catholic school in Niger state, in one ...

Findings by the Afrobarometer research network, which has repeatedly polled tens of thousands of African citizens, provide ...

The top U.S. general is visiting Africa to discuss preserving U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger's decision to expel U.S. military in favor of Russia. Air Force General C.Q. Brown discussed ...

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, speaks during a meeting with Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds, not pictured, at the Pentagon on Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin ...

Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. In a familiar ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused the bloc of ...

The West African bloc is still unable to break deadlock that followed the ouster of Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum. Heads of state in West Africa are set to hold what could be the last meeting of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers and ...