Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is a dangerous group. It is causing instability in West Africa. The group formed in 2017 ...

A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

When considering a visit to Africa, few people think of Gabon. Exactly, this is the advantage of one of the most beautiful, ...

When will our continent be what it can be? Too often, Africa is painted as a place of lack—low development, low opportunity, ...

The West African subregion is in dire need of winning strategies and formulas that have the potential to turn around its socioeconomic fortunes for the better and that lofty height can only be ...

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.

There are more than 250 ethnic groups in the country with Hausa-Fulanis, Igbo and Yoruba - hailing from the north, south-east and south-west respectively - being the three largest.

The Kwara Government has unveiled a 70-meter flagpole in its state, describing it as the tallest in the West Africa region to make a bold declaration of identity and pride. The Kwara Commissioner ...

At least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group were killed by Burkina Faso’s army and allied militias near the western town of Solenzo in March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

Whiskey-Drinking Rocker Transforms Into West Africa’s Most Dangerous al Qaeda Leader The group, Tinariwen, went on to tour the world, win a Grammy and play with the likes of Led Zeppelin’s ...

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 ...