The kidnapping at St Mary’s in Niger state was the third such incident in a single week: three days earlier two people were ...

Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver ...

Traditional leader Chief Martin Azia Sodea embodies the hospitality shown to Central African refugees by the Gado-Badzéré community in eastern Cameroon.

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

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

Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...