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

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

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

The insecurity rate of Nigeria reached an unprecedented level in the last eight years, largely as a result of the points stated above. This situation has continued to engender more economic hardships ...

The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria has risen to 53 according to the latest situation report of the disease obtained from the NCDC on Thursday.

The Nigerien military junta recently accused Nigeria of collaborating with France to destabilise his rule by supporting the ...

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

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

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

The United States' decision to freeze and potentially scrap its core aid agency jolted countries receiving its funding and ...

Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women ...

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