While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence ...

In 2009, the Malian government handed out a large area of land for an irrigated sugarcane plantation. Hundreds of farmers ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

Meanwhile, in the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, the jihadist insurgency in West Africa, linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, committed further attacks, including last week.

of which eight are in West Africa. A review of AES member states reveals Niger Republic as the most populated, with over 26 million people, then Burkina Faso, with over 23 million people ...

Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year transition period right after the coup, but that was rejected by West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS, which called it a provocation and ...

The military-run government of Niger frequently fights armed groups ... The ministry said another 13 people were wounded. West Africa’s Sahel region has seen an uptick in violence in recent ...

Geographical determinism, the theory that physical environments significantly influence social and political development, ...

the Niger-Delta is located within nine coastal southern states, which include: all six states (Edo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa Ibom) from the South South geopolitical zone, one state ...

Nigeria has slashed electricity supply to Niger, capping it at 46mw from 80mw, representing 42% of total supply, leading to ...

He focuses on the role of Russia, France and the United Nations, and his articles have headlines like: “The reasons for anti-French sentiment in West Africa ... Niger is one of the countries ...