Yet despite its apparent absurdity, its journey is a reminder of how few modern boats ply African waterways, and how much ...

Mort Rosenblum brilliantly captures the victim status of two deserts, Sonoran and Sahel, assaulted by denial and neglect, but ...

President Trump said that he delayed U.S. military strikes in Nigeria until Christmas Day to deliver a message to groups he ...

Donald Trump said the “powerful and deadly” strikes were carried out against IS militants. Here is what to know about the ...

Africa saw the largest share of recalls, raising concerns about U.S. relations amid ongoing counterterrorism efforts and political unrest.

On the night of the kidnapping, Markus Philip, a farmer who lives a few miles away from the school, awoke around midnight to ...

Agadez, a desert outpost in the West African country of Niger, was officially closed to migration for years in a deal with the European Union. Now, the gate has reopened. By Elian Peltier Photographs ...

WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday formally declared the ousting of Niger’s democratically elected president a coup d’etat, more than two months after mutinous soldiers seized power. Senior ...

A map released on Monday illustrates how widespread the consequences of an escalation of the crisis in Niger might be after the deadline passed for coup leaders to reinstate the ousted president.

NASSIROU MAHAMADOU, a vegetable-seller perched on a stool in Niamey, the capital of Niger, does not look like a fighter. Yet at the mention of threats by Niger’s neighbours to use force to reinstate ...

Rebel soldiers in Niger deposed the country’s Western-allied president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week, amid a backdrop of political upheaval, a rise in Islamist extremism and growing Russian influence ...