A series of ambushes and explosions across military-run Niger killed at least 12 soldiers and wounded 30 others, the army announced on state-run television Wednesday.

According to the NGO Acled, the number of deaths in jihadist attacks in Niger have risen since the coup. Niger's military regime has called for the departure of some 1,500 French soldiers present ...

Niger has seen five coups along with a further two attempts since gaining independence from former colonial ruler France in ...

Authorities in Mali say the capital Bamako is "under control" following an early morning attack on Tuesday in which shots ...

The JNIM group's jihadist attacks hit highly sensitive military targets in capital ... Mali, like its neighbours and allies ...

West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday expressed "strong condemnation" of jihadist attacks which a day earlier hit the Malian ...

The Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin claimed responsibility for attacks on a gendarmerie training center and parts of ...

STORY: Mali said on Tuesday (September 17) that the capital Bamako was under control after an attack by insurgents on a ...

An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military airport and training centre ...

Armed jihadist groups in Burkina Faso have stepped up their attacks on civilians in recent months, "massacring villagers, ...

Mali's security situation remained unclear on Wednesday after insurgents attacked an elite police training academy and other ...