When former President Donald Trump announced Christmas night U.S. airstrikes on alleged Islamic State group targets in Nigeria, AP’s West Africa team ...

Niger’s military junta adopted a sweeping “general mobilization” decree on December 26. The new law grants authorities ...

Islamic scholars and clerics from Nigeria, the United States, the Middle East, and Europe have unanimously rejected attempts ...

We must live, we must hope’, say returnees who were displaced for a decade from homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State.

The United States airstrike against Islamic State militants in Sokoto State has revamped Nigeria’s strategic response to terrorist activities in the North-West region and other parts of the country.

A small town set amid a smattering of baobab trees is grappling with the aftermath of a bombing ordered by President Trump.

The Christmas Day U.S. military strikes in Northwest Nigeria represent a pivotal moment in the African nation’s struggle to contain extremist expansion, and marks a significant tactical shift in a ...

A leading Nigerian priest, Political Science lecturer, educator, writer and social analyst has proposed radical solutions to ...

The attackers also abducted an unspecified number of people, including students from a Catholic school where over 300 people ...

The Venezuela action culminated two weeks in Palm Beach in which Trump seemed to recast the narrative heading into the 2026 ...

Public holidays in Nigeria, one of Africa's most populous nations, decide when offices pause, schools shut, and travel plans ...

The Nigerian military is monitoring Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters believed to be fleeing ...