China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming, was welcomed earlier this month at a reception held ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua ... Sakoira is located in the three-border region of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, a new hotbed of insecurity maintained in recent years by other jihadist groups.

The Sahel, a semi-arid region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara, has long been a focal point of geopolitical competition due to its vast natural resources, st ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

A local court in Guinea has sentenced the country’s immediate past prime minister for five years after finding him guilty of corruption and embezzlement of public funds ...

Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, says the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from ECOWAS has placed more burden on the Nigerian military.Abubakar said this at the opening of the First ...

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Despite the suspension of its defence collaboration with Niamey following the July 2023 coup that deposed president Mohamed Bazoum, Brussels maintained a small team in the country to provide security ...