The country has one of the lowest road densities in Africa ... recent coup in 2023, the country is again under a military junta. According to a UN report in 2023, Niger is one of the poorest ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

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

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

In the aftermath of the announcement on January 28, 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic ...

In the aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised ...

The United States committed nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa in 2023, the most recent U.S. government ... said that African countries were relatively well positioned to withstand ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

Even if programs are allowed to resume after the 90-day freeze, much of the damage—not just to the recipients of USAID ...