Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to cease operations, and for its foreign staff to leave the country. The move leaves NGOs throughout West Africa wondering what ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

A £299million road is set to be built in the West African landlocked country of Niger as part of an ambitious strategy to improve its road infrastructure and promote economic and social development.

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...