Nigerian travellers have lamented increased hostility at Niger borders, saying they face harassment and extortion without anyone coming to their aid.This was as former envoys called for a response ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, ...

The sociopolitical and economic conditions that led to coups in other countries in west Africa are present in Nigeria.

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Niger republic has started imposing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with Economic Community of West African State's (ECOWAS) passports.

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, 57, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a widely circulated opinion article entitled, ‘Foreign ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to establish a Combined ...

Speaking at the 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa on Sunday, ...

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,he speaks ...

ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...

A brutal ambush by suspected Islamic State in the Sahel Province (ISSP) jihadists has left at least 40 civilians dead and multiple vehicles destroyed along the Ansongo-Gao axis in northern Mali. The ...

Feb 8 (Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.