Some 30 people, including Nobel Prize-winners Denis Mukwege and Wole Sonyinka, on Sunday called for the release of Niger’s ex ...

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on soldiers in Niger. This assault led to the deaths of 30 soldiers, according to jihadist sources. The soldiers were caught in an ambush.

An attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso last month highlights the ruling military junta's inability to contain escalating jihadist violence, experts say.

Around 81 people died and several went missing after alleged members of Boko Haram attacked Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe State ...

At least 81 people died and several were missing after an attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local officials told AFP on Tuesday.

The region has been scarred by more than a decade of violence by jihadist group Boko Haram, which did not immediately claim responsibility for the string of attacks. In one of three blasts on Saturday ...

One of the worst massacres in Burkina Faso's history has provoked a fierce public outcry from victims' relatives and ...

More than 1,000 churches, public Christian properties, houses, shops and businesses have been attacked, damaged, bombed, looted, destroyed, burned down, closed or confiscated for faith-related reasons ...

As long as the United States insists on tackling the counterterrorism version of climbing Mount Everest with its shirt off, it will continue to set itself up for failure.

Here are some of POLITICO’s top policy questions for the two nominees at possibly their only debate.

The Russian mercenaries were helping Burkina Faso fight Islamist insurgents, who recently staged a huge attack.