Dead include Nigerien terrorist leader Mamoudou Akilou and 4 of his lieutenants, statement says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says he is optimistic about the return of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to the ...

Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali's army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and ...

Foreign Minister Tuggar has said ECOWAS’ door remains open to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s eventual return.

Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and ...

More than 400 soldiers have reportedly been killed by insurgents since the start of May in bases and towns in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, an unstable region prone to coups.

An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa's Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on Sunday that two sources said had killed more than 30 soldiers.

Tuggar said although the three countries have exited ECOWAS, Nigeria and other member countries would continue relating with ...

Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is marked by the traditional slaughter of a sheep to commemorate the willingness ...

Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has warned that the resurgence of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, especially ...