ANALYSIS | EUROPE IS TRYING TO CUT THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS FROM AFRICA. IT WON'T BE EASY.

That leaves one other European proposal on the table -- using the Libyan coast guard and militias to crack down on the flow of migrants... READ MORE›

EU AND AFRICAN LEADERS AGREE A NEW ROADMAP TO TACKLE THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS INTO EUROPE

A new roadmap to tackle illegal trafficking and stem the flow of migrants and refugees into Europe from Africa has been agreed in Paris... READ MORE›

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›

EUROPEAN LEADERS LOOK TO AFRICA TO STEM MIGRATION

On Monday, as the European and African leaders gathered in Paris, Mr. Minniti met in Rome with Libyan mayors and representatives from Chad, Niger and Mali... READ MORE›

EU, AFRICAN LEADERS BACK NEW PLAN OVER MIGRANT CRISIS

Merkel also said Europe also needs to urgently rethink its asylum system, which requires migrants to seek refugee status in the first country they reach... READ MORE›

PARIS SUMMIT URGES MIGRANTS TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM BEFORE REACHING EUROPE

Merkel said Europe also needs to urgently rethink its asylum system, which requires migrants to seek refugee status in the first country they reach... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN LEADERS AGREE ON NEW ASYLUM POLICY FOR 'VULNERABLE MIGRANTS' IN AFRICA

Merkel said Europe also needs to urgently rethink its asylum system, which requires migrants to seek refugee status in the first country they reach... READ MORE›

EU, AFRICAN LEADERS MEET IN PARIS TO DISCUSS MIGRANT CRISIS

Leaders from seven African and European countries meet in Paris on Monday for a mini-summit to discuss how to ease the EU's migrant crisis... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN, AFRICAN LEADERS HOLD MIGRATION TALKS IN PARIS

France hosts summit with leaders from Europe and Africa to discuss how to stem an influx of refugees to the continent... READ MORE›

FRANCE HOSTS SUMMIT ON MIGRANT CRISIS

Most of the migrants are West Africans, with Nigeria, Guinea and Ivory Coast the top countries of origin... READ MORE›

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›

WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?

Globally, the mortality rate for young people decreased 21 percent between 2000 and 2015, with HIV-related deaths in particular falling significantly... READ MORE›

BURKINA FASO: AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN RESTAURANT ATTACK

At least 18 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants at a restaurant popular with foreigners in the capital of Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

ATTACK AT RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO CAPITAL KILLS AT LEAST 18

This was the second attack on a cafe popular with foreigners in under two years in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLES ATTACK TURKISH RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO, KILLING 18

He said at least 20 other people were injured in the attack on the Aziz Istanbul restaurant, a spot popular with foreigners in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›

18 KILLED IN ATTACK ON RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO CAPITAL

But the terror threat in Burkina Faso is increasingly homegrown, experts say... READ MORE›

18 KILLED IN ATTACK ON RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO CAPITAL

At least 18 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

FRANCE IN CONTACT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES OVER BURKINA FASO ATTACK, ADVISES CITIZENS TO AVOID AREA

Our embassy is being kept informed of the situation due to permanent contact with local authorities, the French foreign ministry said in the statement... READ MORE›

CURTAINS FALL ON 8TH FRANCOPHONIE GAMES

The eighth edition of La Francophonie games ended in Abidjan on Sunday during a ceremony attended by participants and thousands of Ivorians... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICAN HOSTAGE RELEASED AFTER 6 YEARS IN AL-QAEDA CAPTIVITY

A photo of Stephen McGown's mother, Beverley McGown, is shown in the program for her funeral after she died in May... READ MORE›

HOW CAN NIGERIANS BE PROTECTED FROM THE ANNUAL FLOODS?

Can Nigerian lives and property be saved from the aftermath of torrential rain and flooding each year?... READ MORE›

LIBYA - FRANCE

There are currently nine hotspots in Europe four in Italy and five in Greece... READ MORE›

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›

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›

THIS CITY IS A TINDERBOX, AND THE US IS BUILDING A DRONE BASE NEXT DOOR

The sprawling desert north of Agadez, in the west African nation of Niger, is the size of France... READ MORE›

CHINA HAS A DONKEY SHORTAGE AND WHY THAT MATTERS

They also say farmers in China and around the world can get rich by breeding donkeys for them... READ MORE›

ITALY OFFERS SWIMMING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES TRAUMATIZED WHILE CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN

MESSINA, Italy -- Abdoulie Jallow lives on the Sicilian coast, but until recently, looking at the Mediterranean Sea filled him with dread... READ MORE›

CAMEROON-NIGERIA BORDER: 12 KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK

On Tuesday, suicide bombers killed at least 15 people and wounded 21 others in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri in Borno state... READ MORE›

SMUGGLERS ARE ABANDONING MIGRANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT THE SIZE OF TEXAS

A pickup truck filled with migrants in 2015 returns to the city of Agadez after it was turned back at military checkpoints in the Sahara... READ MORE›

51 MIGRANTS PRESUMED DEAD AFTER BEING ABANDONED IN NIGER DESERT

The IOM said the survivors were taken to Seguedine, where one died... READ MORE›

AFRICAN MIGRANTS SOLD IN LIBYA 'SLAVE MARKETS', IOM SAYS

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in slave markets in Libya, the International Organization for Migration IOM says... READ MORE›

THE SMALL AFRICAN REGION WITH MORE REFUGEES THAN ALL OF EUROPE

Hunger follows displaced people around north-east Nigeria, as Boko Haram and climate change drive millions from their homes... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM RELEASES 82 KIDNAPPED GIRLS AFTER THREE YEARS

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

MELINDA GATES IS MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR WOMEN

Making sure that women have access, that we fill the supply chain with all the types of contraceptives we have in the United States... READ MORE›

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›

GROUP OF 'EXTINCT' ANTELOPE RELEASED INTO WILD IN SOUTHERN SAHARA

Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad... READ MORE›

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›

141 PEOPLE KILLED IN BRAK AL-SHAT AIRBASE ATTACK

His comments prompted alarm in Tripoli, with the GNA calling for an immediate ceasefire in the south... READ MORE›

EVERY 7 SECONDS A GIRL YOUNGER THAN 15 GETS MARRIED

Nordic countries sit at the top, while impoverished, fragile states such as the Central African Republic, Niger and Chad hold up the bottom... READ MORE›

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

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›

DOZENS FEARED DEAD AFTER ABANDONED IN NIGER DESERT

Agadez is a remote town in Niger on the edge of the Sahara desert that has become a major people-smuggling point... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM TURNS FEMALE CAPTIVES INTO TERRORISTS

The girls, some crying, told Ms. Amos they were from Chibok, the Nigerian village where Boko Haram had captured the schoolgirls... READ MORE›

EXTREMIST SENTENCED OVER DESTROYED SHRINES IN TIMBUKTU

Judge Pangalangan noted five mitigating factors Mr. Mahdi had admitted his guilt, cooperated with prosecutors, shown remorse and initially advised against the demolition... READ MORE›

REGIONAL AFRICAN POWERS REJECT FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA

Saturday's meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Chad, Niger, Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia... READ MORE›

AMERICAN NON-GOVERNMENT WORKER REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED IN NIGER

At least two people reportedly killed by gunfire as hostage taken from Niger town of Abalak across the border to Mali... READ MORE›

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›

47 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION NOW USE THE INTERNET, STUDY SAYS

Eighty-one percent of the population in developed nations were Internet users, versus just 15.2 percent of the population of the least-developed countries... READ MORE›

ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE AFTER LIBYAN JET IS HIJACKED

Libyan officials, though, believed the hijackers had more personal goals... READ MORE›

LIBYA EXPOSED AS AN EPICENTRE FOR MIGRANT CHILD ABUSE

The report maps 34 known detention centres in Libya, three of them deep in the country's desert interior... READ MORE›

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›

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›

GAMBIA'S TOP TEAM LOSE HALF THEIR PLAYERS AS THEY FLEE ON PEOPLE-SMUGGLING BOATS TO EUROPE

Pictured here after triumphing in their country's equivalent of the FA Cup, Gambian football club Banjul United gaze proudly into the camera... READ MORE›

OVER 40 PEOPLE 'DIE OF THIRST' IN SAHARA DESERT

The route from Niger to Libya is one of the main ways migrants reach North Africa before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe... READ MORE›

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›

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›

'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›

ATTACK ON LIBYAN AIRBASE BY TROOPS LOYAL TO UN-BACKED FACTION KILLS 141

An attack on an airbase in southern Libya has killed 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, according to a spokesman for his forces... READ MORE›

MACRON VOWS 'UNCOMPROMISING' FIGHT AGAINST MALI ISLAMISTS ON VISIT TO FRENCH TROOPS

Macron promised during his campaign that, if elected, one of the first things he would do was visit French troops engaged in foreign operations... READ MORE›

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›