The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Niger State Command, Aishatu Sa'adu, confirmed the incident in Minna on Tuesday.

Many persons have been feared dead in a tanker explosion that occurred along the Essa axis of the Agaie-Bida Road in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, on Tuesday afternoon.

From the receding Lake Chad in the north to the flooded plains of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, and much of West Africa are ...

The various factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda -- notably the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) -- and the Islamic State (IS) group are now striking across almost all of Mali and ...

By reducing staff and access to treatment, the suspension of USAID and other funding threatens the country’s progress in HIV ...

Monrovia-Over 30 Liberian migrants deported from Algeria are crying out for urgent intervention from the Liberian government ...

Tamanrasset sits at the geographic heart of the desert. Linked to the north by 1,200 mostly paved miles of the Trans-Saharan Highway, it dominates a network of dirt tracks stretching into Mali, Niger, ...

Mali’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it will require US visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 in response to an identical measure enacted by the US last week that takes effect Oct. 23.

Mali's Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced it will require U.S. visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 ...

Islamic State has credited its West Africa affiliate for killing six French aid workers and their Nigerien guide and driver at a giraffe reserve in Niger on Aug. 9, according to a statement published ...

IN the heart of the Sahel, Captain Ibrahim Traoré is making a gamble few African leaders dare attempt: rejecting the Western development playbook and rebuilding Burkina Faso’s economy, culture and ...