A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian ... as well as parts of ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with pickaxes - and risking their lives in search of precious treasure.

Security AnalystsMap of Nigeria showing Wajirko, Wulgo, Izge local government areas in Borno state. Courtesy: Segun Onibiyo (Drawn with AI).By Segun Onibiyo ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

NIAMEY, March 30 (Reuters) - Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a ...

Nigerian refugees in Niger increased from 239,117 to 247,339 within that period. Similarly, those in Cameroon rose marginally from 124,337 to 125,206, reflecting a 0.7 per cent increase.

Boko Haram turned violent in 2009 and expanded into Niger’s Difa region, the northern regions of Cameroon and two of Chad’s provinces. Military responses had some success in taking back territory and ...