The military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a treaty ... but to build a new economic alliance that will reshape West Africa. Smiling and self-assured in his familiar khaki fatigues ...

The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian, Creole, Austronesian ...

would add Niger to a growing list of junta-led countries, including Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan, that create a geographical belt of turmoil across Africa. Coup supporters in Niger ...