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Nigeria's statistics agency says the unemployment rate now stands at 4.1%

Algeria has engaged in a diplomatic tour of three Ecowas countries in a bid to broker a diplomatic solution to resolve the crises across the Sahel, and avoid military intervention in Niger.

Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria, a local nongovernmental organization, assists victims of the country's attacks.

Rescue crews are searching for survivors after a building collapse in Nigeria's capital left two people dead while many others are feared trapped

The Niger coup – the fifth in the Sahel and sixth in the broader west Africa region in three years – has pushed the region further into political unrest and insecurity.

She is alleged to have accepted private jet trips, luxury holidays and cash to fund a lavish lifestyle

Nigerian embassy official in Tripoli says they are happy to be returning to their home country.

Rise of European superclubs raised the bar to undreamed level with Spain delivering a devastating show of strength for the new global order at the Women’s World Cup

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sworn in a new Cabinet of 45 ministers with a promise to fast-track reforms aimed at improving lives in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country

Trade between Niger and its neighbours in West Africa has been frozen since regional bloc Ecowas imposed sanctions on the landlocked country when military officers overthrew the elected president in late July. RFI reports from the border between Niger and Nigeria, where the closure has cut off crucial exchanges.

Ever since last month’s military coup in Niger, trade with neighbouring Nigeria and other West African countries has virtually stopped. FRANCE 24’s senior correspondents Catherine Norris Trent and Cyril Payen report from the border in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State, where only donkey carts, motorbikes and hawkers on foot are getting…