5.5 billion dollars, this is the amount that seven of the eight Member States of the West African Monetary Union, UEMOA intend to raise on the... READ MORE›
Niger is at the forefront of migratory routes in the Sahel, particularly in the region of Agadez in the north... READ MORE›
Mali has announced the postponement of regional elections scheduled for December to April, amid security concerns following attacks by armed groups... READ MORE›
Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE›
An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›
The Nigerian government said it was committed to securing the release of all hostages held by Boko Haram... READ MORE›
The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as human bombs has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›
West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›
'Final defeat' Boko Haram's insurgency began in Maiduguri, though it has since spread beyond Nigeria's borders to Chad, Cameroon and Niger... READ MORE›
According to Niger's government, the rains have killed at least 44 people in Niamey and other parts of the West African country since June... READ MORE›
There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›
Shekau's best-known crime is the kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian girls... READ MORE›
Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE›
Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 200 kilometers 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›
But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
Among the African contingent that ranked behind Benin and Liberia were Nigeria 25, Mozambique 29, Mali 30, Zambia 32, Sierra Leone 37, Cameroon 43, and Equatorial Guinea 50 ... READ MORE›
Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›
As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE›
Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... READ MORE›
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The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram... READ MORE›
Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE›
Such attacks are becoming increasingly common in the areas bordering Boko Haram's base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›
Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE›
Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›
Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found... READ MORE›
World Refugee Day Meet the Nigerian who was kicked out of Iceland and now remains in limbo in Sweden over deportation... READ MORE›
Facing direct engagement from government forces, Boko Haram has reverted to old tactics, bombing so-called soft targets in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri... READ MORE›
Drone photos recently helped the Nigerian Army avoid a major Boko Haram ambush, according to a senior American intelligence officer... READ MORE›
Girls, who are often drugged, were behind three-quarters of such attacks committed by the militant Islamist group in Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad... READ MORE›
A few months before he was shot as an enemy soldier in its sweltering jungles 16-year-old Nigerian Isaac Fadoyebo had never even heard of Burma... READ MORE›
Boko Haram's Shekau has previously said the girls would be released if militant fighters held in Nigerian government custody were freed... READ MORE›
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