One of Africa's biggest countries has demoted French as its official language in favour of a native West African language.

Five Indian citizens were kidnapped in western Niger during an attack last week by armed men that also killed a dozen soldiers, according to two Nigerian security sources and a statement by Indian ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified Africa’s poorest countries in 2025 by GDP per capita (PPP), highlighting ...

Foreign ministers of military-ruled Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said on Monday they endorse an initiative ...

The government of Niger has kicked off a pilot that seeks to issue birth certificates to children under the age of five in ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta has ... authorities describe as part of efforts to reform the West African country — but former President Mohamed Bazoum is still being held.

The attack took place on Friday near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, epicentre of a jihadist insurgency in West Africa linked ... West African countries such as Benin.

Niger’s military government says it has released ... Many had been held in prisons across the country. Several were accused of “conspiracy aimed at harming the security and authority of ...

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from ECOWAS earlier in the year.

A tourist who has visited all 54 countries in Africa revealed that its largest country's capital was one of his favourites.

Africa’s sixth-biggest country, Niger, has taken a bold step to distance itself from its troubled past by adopting a new official language. For over 60 years, France controlled the country as ...

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...