The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has condemned in the strongest terms the heinous ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

An admission has been made on April 23 by the Government of Benin that 54 soldiers lost their lives in a recent assault by ...

Scientists have developed a system that harvests rainwater running off PV panels for household use or hydrogen production.

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

The statement reads: “It is with profound dismay and shock that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), a Mali-based terrorist group with links to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for ...

Islamic militants attacked military posts in northern Benin, killing at least 54 soldiers. Previously, authorities reported ...

Benin’s government says an attack by Islamic militants on military posts in northern Benin last week left at least 54 soldiers dead ...

Benin's government said that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack in the country's north last week, providing a lower toll than reported by Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM. The West African state and its ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has concluded arrangements to relocate its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger following their withdrawal from the body. ECOWAS Council of ...