Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.Tens ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

NIGER State’s 2025 budget has again raised concerns, with the government proposing an ambitious N1.56 trillion expenditure ...

The annual report of US-based democracy advocacy organization Freedom House highlights a decline in freedom globally, while ...

Freedom declined across the world in 2024 — for the 19th year in a row — fueled by armed conflicts, political violence and an ...

Freedom declined around the world last year with authoritarians solidifying their grip, but South Asia led a series of bright ...

According to Freedom House report, Pakistan also ranked among countries with largest 10-year decline in freedom.

African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International ...

Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the ...

Pope Francis's condition "continues to be critical", the Vatican said Saturday, saying the 88-year-old was alert but had ...

Unlike Russia, the US has never stopped meddling in Libya's affairs after it oversaw the country's destruction in 2011. Washington, clearly, wants to return Libya to the fold of Western influence in ...