Valentine's Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged to restore 100 million hectares of land by 2030 through large-scale tree planting and other environmental initiatives to combat desertification and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently pained by the establishment of the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES: Alliance of Sahel States, ASS).The pain is unfortunate because ...

The Speaker of Mauritania’s National Assembly, Mohamed Bamba Meguett, also stressed the importance of pooling African states’ ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

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

Within ECOWAS, there’s an institution known as the Community Court of Justice. Since 2005, this Court has had jurisdiction to ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

The region is mainly characterised by climate change, erratic rainfall and frequent floods that threaten the livelihoods of millions of people. Between 1970 and 2020, average rainfall in the Sahel ...

NIAMEY - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region ... 2.6 million people were displaced ...