Geography ❯Africa

West Africa

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Gunmen Storm Katsina Mosque, Kill At Least 13 During Morning Prayers

Officials call the strike a likely reprisal after residents targeted bandits, with troops now deployed.

Niger Investigates Sale of World’s Largest Mars Meteorite After New York Auction

Escalating Extremist Attacks Threaten Women and Girls in the Sahel

UNICEF Appeals for $20M as Cholera Threatens 80,000 Children in West and Central Africa

JNIM Fighters Overrun Dargo Base, Kill 50 Burkina Faso Soldiers

Bandits Execute Dozens of Captives in Zamfara Despite Ransom Payments

Mastermind of Nice Arson Held in Guinea-Bissau as Extradition Lingers

Families Demand Stronger Government Action as Three Indians Remain Hostages in Mali

Trump’s Trade Pivot in West Africa Marred by Diplomatic Missteps

Mali Captors Demand Ransom for Three Abducted Indian Workers

India Presses Mali for Safe Return of Three Workers Kidnapped in Kayes

Jihadists Overrun Seven Army Posts in Western Mali

US Denies Visas to Senegal Women’s Basketball Team, Canceling U.S. Training Camp

Global Displacement Tops 122 Million as Humanitarian Funding Plummets

Modi Flags Off First Locomotive Export for Guinea's Simandou Project

Fulani Jihadists Massacre About 200 Christians in Benue’s Yelwata Village

Over 100 Killed in Nighttime Raid on Yelewata Village

Gunmen Kill Over 100 in Yelewata Raid in Nigeria’s Benue State

Russia Expands African Security Role as Africa Corps Replaces Wagner in Mali

JNIM Seizes Central Mali Camp, Shells Timbuktu Base and Airport