Fresh details have emerged on hostages seized during the Benin Republic coup attempt against President Patrice Talon, as ...

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the ...

More than 10,000 people have been violently displaced from a waterfront community in Africa's most populous city -- Lagos, Nigeria.

A leader of the West African regional bloc says coups and attempted coups have left the region in a state of emergency ...

A Nigerian Air Force plane has landed in Burkina Faso due to what it calls an in-flight emergency. The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the emergency landing in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso late Monday.

Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize ...

At least 303 schoolchildren were seized at the Niger state school with 12 of their teachers when gunmen attacked Nov. 21.

The Christian Association of Nigeria says 100 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school last month have been released ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application filed by the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking his transfer from ...

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a ...

People with a migration background accounted for more than 5 percent of South Korea's total population in 2024, marking a ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sought more help from France to fight widespread violence in the north of the country, ...