Ghana has chalked an unenviable position in the 2025 World Happiness Report after it emerged that the West African country ...

The junta-run country quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an international group of French-speaking ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced ...

ALGIERS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Algerian forces killed two foreign militants during a military operation in the country's far south near the borders with Mali and Niger, the Defense Ministry said on ...

Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and ...

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military juntas that have severed diplomatic ties with France and expelled French troops while building security partnerships with Russia instead.

The attack occurred during afternoon prayers in the village of Fombita in the rural commune of Kokorou, which is near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali known as the epicentre ...