The attack occurred early in the afternoon as people were attending a prayer service at the mosque, the ministry statement ...

Les assaillants de l’Etat islamique dans le grand Sahara, selon le ministère de l’intérieur, s’en sont pris aux fidèles d’une ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from DR Congo, one of the deadliest areas, over fatalities, public opposition and ...

Le Mali s'est retiré de l'Organisation mondiale de la Francophonie, suivant l'exemple du Niger et du Burkina Faso.

DAKAR, Senegal -- An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Following in the footsteps of its fellow Alliance of Sahel State members (AES); Niger, Mali has decided also to exit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIC). ・Mali has decided to exit ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military juntas that have severed diplomatic ties with France and expelled French troops while building security partnerships with Russia instead.