An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi and the seizure of an army base ...

Robert Fowler says it would take 'a very large and serious effort to eradicate' Islamic terrorism groups in West Africa, which U.S. military officials warn could attack America.

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on ...

Development journalist, Olatunji Oke, has warned African governments and development institutions to tackle food insecurity ...

"They are feeding off shared grievances, limited state presence, and associated security vacuums - as well as gaps in regional security cooperation." ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

Dust carried across the Atlantic is one of the great wonders of the weather world. This is the most significant cloud so far ...

The death toll from the flash floods that have devastated parts of Niger State in north-central Nigeria has risen to 200.

History rarely remembers those who waited quietly. In Africa, it is those who dare to act, to resist, to lead, and to dream aloud who have shaped the continent's most defining moments.

U.S. Military Announces Plans To Adjust Africa StrategyThe head of U.S.-Africa Command, Gen. Michael Langley has urged fragile states to take greater responsibility for their security, which analysts ...

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Emomotimi Agama, says Africa requires over $100bn annually to ...

Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop ...