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About 27 million people in West Africa are suffering from hunger marking the region’s worst food crisis in a decade,

Nigeria: 7,000 Boko Haram, other fighters surrender in a week | News

Since 2009, Boko Haram and its factions have launched an uprising in northeast Nigeria. Some 7,000 members of the Islamic

For years, armed groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL have sought to gain control over parts of the Sahel. Armed

In 2014, when millions of Burkinabes ended the 27-year rule of Blaise Campaore by forcing him to step down, observers

From: People & Power Nuclear power could help reduce global warming, but are the environmental costs of uranium mining in

From: Talk to Al Jazeera The president of Niger discusses if his country will become new the focal point in

Lagos, Nigeria – On February 22, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced during a news conference that the European superpower was

The government said the victims were killed after their vehicle came under attack in the volatile Tillaberi region. At least

The attack took place in the village of Nachade in the region of Maradi, wounding five others, local governor says.

In February 2013, thousands lined up along the main road in the historic Malian city of Timbuktu to give a