With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

It was, perhaps, no surprise that when President Bola Tinubu spoke to newsmen after the coronation of Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Sunday, the theme that he chose was the diversity of the Nigerian nation.

A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi has uncovered how genetic and lifestyle factors influence immune responses to malaria in children from two large West African ethnic groups. The study found ...

The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

More than one million people have fled Sudan's Darfur region, the victims of what UN officials have described as an "ethnic cleansing" campaign by ... of mercenaries recruited from across north and ...

In Burkina Faso, pro-government militias have targeted specific ethnic groups - especially the Peul ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing ...

A new report has found that ethnic and religious violence ... life and family may vanish.” Islamist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province carried out about 11% of the ...

The researchers found that all but one of the 121 African ethnic groups studied have more within ... family originating from a vast swath of west Africa that spans regions as far west as ...