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By Aymeric Vincenot: The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger's membership in the wake of a military coup, but responded cautiously to a threatened military operation to restore its ousted president, as Nigerien TV said 12 soldiers were killed in a...

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have killed 13 people including three soldiers in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, local militias told AFP Sunday. Gunmen launched a predawn attack on Saturday on a base in Wulari, a village near the town of Konduga in Borno...

By Arezki Daoud: As I have been saying for a while, the Malian junta is leveraging its honeymoon period with Russia's Wagner group and the withdrawal of the UN peacekeepers to unleash mayhem against the northern Touareg tribes. The army and Wagner mercenaries attacked...

Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North African country's meteorological service said Sunday amid a scorching heatwave. The meteorological station in the southern coastal city of Agadir recorded...