Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

THE Greater Horn of Africa will experience below-normal rainfall during the March to May rainy season as the region passes through a spate of climate variability, a regional organisation has stated.

The ranks of elder statesmen who understand what Nigeria ought to be further depleted on Monday with the demise of ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that ...

If there is anything highly observable about civil wars fuelled by the presence of minerals, other than the devastation that war imposes ...

Umeh said the abandoned rail line is supposed to be a trade enabler and game-changer for the haulage sector.

President John Dramani Mahama has urged the United Nations (UN) to strengthen its partnership with the regional economic ...

Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the ...

Illegal Chinese Miners Bribe Gang to Protect Their DigsBy Mike Odeh JamesNigerian crime kingpin Dogo Gide has tightened his stranglehold on Niger State, overpowering rival factions ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...