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DAKAR (Reuters) - Eighteen civilians were killed when their transport vehicle came under attack in a part of western Niger...

JACQUEVILLE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - The United States' yearly counter-terrorism training program for African forces began on Sunday in Ivory...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - The Nigerian military has killed and wounded children in an airstrike in neighbouring Niger, a local governor...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Niger has accepted that French and European special forces will cross into its territory from neighbouring Mali to...

By John Irish and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) -France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after...

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - France and military allies are leaving Mali after using it for almost a decade...

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce France's intention to withdraw its forces from Mali,...

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The conditions are no longer in place to continue the fight against Islamist militants...

PARIS (Reuters) - Western foreign ministers will hold crunch talks on their countries' future presence fighting Islamist militants in Mali...

By John Irish and David Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering withdrawing its troops from Mali, but adapting its...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 others wounded in an ambush by unnamed militants...

(Reuters) - (This February 4 story deletes incorrect description of Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda in paragraph...

By Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The last time rebellious soldiers attempted to overthrow Burkina Faso's government in 2015, Marcel...

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The military coup https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-faso-president-kabore-detained-military-camp-sources-tell-reuters-2022-01-24 in Burkina Faso deals another heavy blow to France's fading...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Mali's authorities banned a German military plane with 75 troops on board from overflying the country late...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's...

DAKAR (Reuters) - A Benin army vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in a national park near the border with...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Police in northern Niger have seized more than 200 kg of cocaine worth around $8.7 million that...

By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Six troops from Nigeria and Niger were killed by Islamic State West Africa...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French armed forces ministry said on Tuesday that its "Operation Barkhane" unit had killed Soumana Boura,...