For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the maiden African ...

Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to ...

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government ...

Niger’s military-led government has declared the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously managed by France’s state-owned nuclear compa ...

More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers ...

Hausa, which is spoken by almost 50 percent of the population, has been named the official language of Niger, replacing ...

In December, Orano confirmed Niger had taken operational control of Somair, months after the junta canceled its license for ...