Dr Godknows Igali is a former Nigeria Ambassador to Sweden, Denmark and Norway. He is also the First Vice President of the Academy of International Affairs of Nigeria. In this interview with WALE ...

The Malian army must adapt its defense strategies to security threats, affecting both the country and the West African ...

Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn't ...

In recent years, West Africa has seen a surge in terrorist attacks. The Sahel remains the epicenter, accounting for 47% of terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the Global Terrorism ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

In Mali's northeastern region near Gao, insurgents ambushed a military-escorted convoy, killing 25 civilians and injuring 13.

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working ...

Formed in 1975 to promote economic integration and regional cooperation, ECOWAS has long been a pillar of political and economic authority in West Africa. The departure of these three Sahel countries ...

This week's announcement by Niger's Foreign Affairs Ministry to effectively ban the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) came unexpectedly, apparently without any prior warning. ICRC Niger ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso.