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›

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 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›

'I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE'

Every morning for four months, Seun Femi's captors beat him at a makeshift prison in Libya... READ MORE›

UN TO VOTE ON SENDING TROOPS TO SAHEL AFTER FRENCH-US DEAL

As the leading financial contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, Washington wants to tighten overall spending... READ MORE›

SABHA IN THE SPOTLIGHT: THE CITY WHERE MIGRANTS ARE SOLD AS SLAVES

At least half of the 180,000 migrants who arrived in Italy via Libya last year passed through Sabha... READ MORE›

FRANCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN ANTI-TERROR FORCE DESPITE US VETO THREAT

Nearly half a decade into its emergency intervention in the region, France is seeking to shift more responsibility for fighting terror groups to African militaries... READ MORE›

FRENCH SOLDIER JAILED BY PARIS COURT FOR ABUSING GIRLS IN BURKINA FASO

A French court on Monday sentenced a soldier found guilty of sexually abusing two girls, ages three and five in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM CLAIMS FIRST MAJOR ATTACK IN BORNO, SHEKAU VOWS 'NO RETREAT'

The Joint Multinational Force in charge of fighting Boko Haram, has 10,000 soldiers from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Niger... READ MORE›

MALI: THREE UN PEACEKEEPERS DIE IN ATTACK BY AL-QAIDA AFFILIATE

Mali three UN peacekeepers die in attack by Al-Qaida affiliate... READ MORE›

U.S. WARY OF FRENCH PUSH FOR U.N. TO BACK SAHEL FORCE

The African Union and the secretary-general have asked the council to authorize this Sahel force, France's U.N... READ MORE›

SAHEL STATES SEEK $56M EU FUNDING FOR ANTI-ISLAMIST FORCE

Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania - the so-called G5 Sahel countries - have proposed a regional task force designed to tackle the cross-border threat... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 44 MIGRANTS DIE EN ROUTE TO EUROPE

At least 44 migrants have been found dead at Agadez in Niger about 1000km from Niamey... READ MORE›

44 MIGRANTS DIE OF THIRST IN NIGER WHILE CROSSING DESERT

A Niger official says at least 44 migrants have died of thirst after their vehicle broke down in the Sahara Desert... 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›

'TRUMP WILL DO GREAT THINGS WITH AFRICA,' WITH TIME

He tweeted after the summit that it was great meeting Trump adding that Time for a new deal for Africa... READ MORE›

LIBYA BECOMES A KEY FOCUS OF THE MANCHESTER BOMBING PROBE

The focus on Libya comes as the Islamic State branch here has fragmented into smaller groups, spreading across the nation and into neighboring nations... 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›

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›

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›

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON VOWS TO STEP UP FRENCH FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMISTS IN AFRICA

Visiting Mali days after taking office, Macron vowed to keep French troops in the Sahel region until there was no more Islamist terrorism there... READ MORE›

MACRON SAYS FRANCE UNCOMPROMISING IN FIGHT AGAINST JIHADISTS IN MALI

Aside, Mali, the 3,000-strong force is fighting insurgents in the entire Sahel region comprising Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania... READ MORE›

UN ENVOY CRITICISES DEADLY ATTACK IN LIBYA'S SOUTH

The unity government's defence ministry laid the blame on those who started bombing Tamenhant base with warplanes and tanks, referring to Haftar's forces... READ MORE›

EMMANUEL MACRON VISITS FRENCH TROOPS POSTED TO MALI ON ANTI-JIHAD MISSION

France's president Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a scheduled visit to French-led military forces fighting jihadist groups in West Africa... 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›

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 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›

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL

Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

BOKO HARAM KILLS 18 WOMEN AT A FUNERAL IN NIGERIA

Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 18 people at a funeral in northeast Nigeria, a witness and a police official have said... READ MORE›

'NEARLY 200 REFUGEES DIE OF STARVATION' IN NIGERIA CAMP

Her team reached Bama on Tuesday following a military convoy from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital that is the headquarters of Nigeria's military campaign... READ MORE›

THOMAS L FRIEDMAN OUT OF AFRICA

Chaifou explains that West Africa has experienced two decades of on-again-off-again drought... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM MURDER 24 AT VILLAGE FUNERAL - MOSTLY WOMEN

Boko Haram militants have killed 24 people, mostly women, as they mourned at a funeral in a village in northern Nigeria, looting and burning their houses down... READ MORE›