The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

At least 10 soldiers were killed by armed assailants in an ambush in western Nigeria, near Burkina Faso's border. The attack ...

Of late, some armchair critics took a swipe at the orientations of Nigeria’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its effects on ...

Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

Niger's army said Wednesday that 10 soldiers died in an "ambush" in the western Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, where authorities Niger ...

Two West African nations, after military takeovers, are reportedly taking steps to rejoin ECOWAS within the six-month ...

A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.

Coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has been greeted with a major defensive crisis ahead of Nigeria's upcoming FIFA World ...

The Africa Visa Openness Index, an index which measures the extent to which each country in Africa is open to visitors from ...

The Niger State Government has received 21 children from the Magama Local Government Area of the state who were rescued from a ...

Coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has been handed a massive injury boost ahead of Nigeria's upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures.