[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Three West African nations create joint judicial institution amid regional security crisis

[allAfrica] Ugandan Army Foils Attack On Religious Shrine As Pilgrims Gather

[HRW] Nairobi -- Immediately, Unconditionally Release Peace Activist; Stop Silencing Dissent

[UNHCR] UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, regrets to announce that blanket food assistance at the Humanitarian Centre in Agadez will be phased out by July 2025, with the final general distribution scheduled for June. Food assistance will, however, contin...

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has extended its condolences to the government and people of Niger State following the devastating flood that claimed numerous lives and destroyed property in Mokwa Local Government Area.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank today approved $400 million from the International Development Association (IDA), divided between a $380 million credit and a $20 million grant, for a new project to improve resilient road infrastructure and ...

[CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to swiftly and unconditionally release journalists Hamid Mahmoud, Massaouda Jaharou, and Mahaman Sani, with the privately owned Sahara FM radio station, after they were...

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFMA) is concerned about the continued detention of three journalists, Hamid Mahmoud, Mahaman Sani and Massaouda Jaharou of Agadez-based Sahara FM in Niger and calls for their unconditional release.

[IFJ] Journalists Hamid Mahmoud, acting editor-in-chief of Sahara FM, Mahaman Sani, news presenter, and Massaouda Jaharou were all arrested on 7 May. Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, the Head of Air Infor Media - the group that owns Sahara FM - said: "Sahara FM...

[CFR] Is the nascent consensus on state police in Nigeria a political ruse or a giant step towards true federalism in the country?

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the repeated arrest of three journalists in Agadez, northern Niger, for allegedly spreading misinformation about the country's intelligence cooperation with Russia and Turkey. The Sahara FM ...