Seun Kuti and his band Egypt 80 have been giving fans a taste of their new album with the release of the video for the opening track ‘IMF’. With

The UN Security Council is calling on countries not to pay kidnap ransoms amid reports that the recent release of four Frenchmen in Niger was

The bodies of over 90 migrants, mostly women and children who died of thirst, have been found in the Sahara in northern Niger. Their vehicles broke

Four French hostages kidnapped by al Qaeda’s north African wing three years ago in Niger have been released. President Francois Hollande announced

Save The Children has produced a major new report on preventable child deaths worldwide, which ranks the safest and least safe countries in which to

There are fears that militant violence in West Africa is spreading after a double suicide attack in Niger which left more than 20 people dead, mostly

Islamist suicide bombers have struck at an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger. In Agadez in the north, at least 20 soldiers were

Two suicide bombers have struck Northern Niger, injuring at least 16 people. A subsequent gunbattle with suspected Islamist militants has claimed the

Royal Dutch Shell has been ordered to pay unspecified damages to one farmer in Nigeria for loss of income. The ruling comes after a court at the

Nigeria has declared a state of emergency in northern areas plagued by a deadly Islamist insurgency. It comes a week after militants from the Boko

Some 25 people have been killed after suspected radical Islamists bombed a drinking spot in Maiduguri in Nigeria. The military says it suspects the

Al-Qaeda’s North African wing on Wednesday released a video of four French hostages kidnapped in Niger last year. It shows a series of stills of

In Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan says that the post-election violence “was not a spontaneous reaction”. The Red Cross says that tens of

The French government has said it is almost certain al-Qaeda was behind the abduction and killing of two Frenchmen in Niger at the weekend. French

Many mothers just do not know how good breast milk is for their babies, especially in the first six months. In Niger, for example, it is the custom

The first pictures of the five French citizens and two Africans who were taken hostage in Niger have been broadcast. The images show the group

The first pictures of the five French citizens who were taken hostage in Africa two weeks ago have been broadcast on television. The images were

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday vowed to do all he can to free the seven hostages seized by Al Qaeda in Niger last week. The

Al-Qaeda’s North African branch has confirmed it kidnapped seven foreigners in Niger last week. Five of the hostages are French, the other two from