Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence ...

DAKAR, Senegal — People in Senegal's capital, Dakar, are breathing a sigh of relief after officials removed from its port 3,050 tons of ammonium nitrate, the same substance at a slightly lesser ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub ...