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WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION TO RAISE $55B IN 2018


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

9th January, 2018 0

FRENCH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES 'CHRISTMAS' WITH TROOPS IN NIGER


Niger is at the forefront of migratory routes in the Sahel, particularly in the region of Agadez in the north... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 34

MALI DELAYS REGIONAL ELECTIONS AMID SECURITY CONCERNS


Mali has announced the postponement of regional elections scheduled for December to April, amid security concerns following attacks by armed groups... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 253

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BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS


Nigeria Boko Haram releases 82 kidnapped girls after three years... READ MORE

7th May, 2017 6427

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD


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

3rd November, 2017 5035

CHIBOK GIRLS IN HEALTH CHECKUPS BEFORE BUHARI MEETING


The Nigerian government said it was committed to securing the release of all hostages held by Boko Haram... READ MORE

7th May, 2017 4035

BOKO HARAM USE OF CHILD BOMBERS SOARS


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

23rd August, 2017 3126

AFRICAN LEADERS HEAD TO THE GAMBIA FOR MEDIATION TALKS


West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE

12th December, 2016 2982

ARMY SEARCHING FOR CHIBOK GIRLS SEIZED BY BOKO HARAM


'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

28th December, 2016 2506

HEAVY RAINS DESTROY HUNDREDS OF HOUSES


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

29th August, 2017 2338

BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50


There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 2078


Shekau's best-known crime is the kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian girls... READ MORE

18th May, 2016 1806

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS BLAMED FOR DEATHS IN NIGERIA, CHAD


Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 1778

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL


Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE

17th January, 2016 1539

4TH U.S. SOLDIER DEAD AFTER AMBUSH ATTACK


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

6th October, 2017 1525

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA


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

22nd November, 2014 1510

BENIN, LIBERIA LEAD AFRICA IN RANKING AT MAIDEN GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION


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

22nd July, 2017 1453

BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL


Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 1371

CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS


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

21st August, 2015 1295

GAMBIA CRISIS INTENSIFIES BEFORE THURSDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION


Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... READ MORE

19th January, 2017 1060

TELEGRAPH INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA


How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE

8th February, 2016 1051

THE GROWING HORROR IN A CITY WHERE 500 CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM


The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram... READ MORE

26th April, 2017 1051

ADAMA BARROW HEADS TO MALI FOR GAMBIA CRISIS TALKS


Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... READ MORE

14th January, 2017 1045

BOKO HARAM FALLS VICTIM TO A FOOD CRISIS IT CREATED


Such attacks are becoming increasingly common in the areas bordering Boko Haram's base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE

5th March, 2016 882

DEATHS OF FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS IN NIGER HINT AT THE SHADOW WAR AGAINST ISIS IN AFRICA


Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE

4th November, 2017 777

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START


Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE

22nd July, 2015 699

BOKO HARAM SAID TO USE MORE CHILDREN AS BOMBERS


Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with only four in 2014, the report found... READ MORE

12th April, 2016 661

ICELAND DEPORTS BOKO HARAM VICTIM FROM NIGERIA


World Refugee Day Meet the Nigerian who was kicked out of Iceland and now remains in limbo in Sweden over deportation... READ MORE

20th June, 2016 623

TROOPS FROM CHAD AND NIGER TAKE ON BOKO HARAM


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

9th March, 2015 621

US PLANS TO PUT ADVISERS ON FRONT LINES OF NIGERIAS WAR ON BOKO HARAM


Drone photos recently helped the Nigerian Army avoid a major Boko Haram ambush, according to a senior American intelligence officer... READ MORE

26th February, 2016 611

'HUGE RISE' IN CHILD SUICIDE BOMBERS


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

12th April, 2016 566

FROM NIGERIA TO BURMAS JUNGLE


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

16th August, 2015 549

NIGERIA PRISONER SWAP SECURES RELEASE OF 82 CHIBOK GIRLS


Boko Haram's Shekau has previously said the girls would be released if militant fighters held in Nigerian government custody were freed... READ MORE

7th May, 2017 529


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