One of Africa's biggest countries has demoted French as its official language in favour of a native West African language.

A Nigerian delegation led by Tuggar visited Niamey to initiate discussions with Niger on improving bilateral relations and ...

President John Dramani Mahama will give a detailed report on his recent diplomatic engagements with heads of state of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger during the next ECOWAS Summit. Mr Samuel Okudzeto ...

Ghana will host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of ECOWAS next week, April 22-23, as part ...

A high-level diplomatic meeting has been held between Nigeria and Niger, with the Foreign ministers of both countries ...

Russia's influence in Niger continues to deepen, as evidenced by a combination of humanitarian assistance, major ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has invited the three Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, ...

The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks Wednesday on cross-border security, terrorism and economic cooperation, ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, is scheduled to lead a high-level diplomatic mission to the ...

BAMAKO, Mali — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...

Having recalled their ambassadors and closed their respective airspaces, Algiers and Bamako now find themselves in a climate ...

Algeria and Mali banned flights to and from each other's airspace, their governments said on Monday, amid an escalating ...