(VOVWORLD) - On September 1, the world will commemorate the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the most devastating war in human history. The commemoration takes place with...
(VOVWORLD) - In 2015, the UN General Assembly established the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism to be commemorated annually on August 21. This year the...
(VOVWORLD) - Five Sahel nations have been holding a major military drill in western Niger, Niger's defense ministry said on Sunday, the first such exercise in a region wracked by...
(VOVWORLD) - April 15 marks one year of the conflict in Sudan. After a year, the African country is still bogged down in violence, creating a humanitarian tragedy for millions of...
(VOVWORLD) -Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in...
(VOVWORLD) - The Sahel region in sub-Saharan Africa is now the epicentre of terrorism, which is far higher than in the Middle East, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace ...
(VOVWORLD) - IS remains a serious threat to international peace and security, despite significant progress made by UN members in combating this threat, Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General for the Office of...
(VOVWORLD) - The Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday focused on international efforts to apply technology and connect innovative ideas on agriculture to build a new, more sustainable global...
(VOVWORLD) - Since 1945, World Food Day is observed annually on October 16. World Food Day is not only about celebrating the amazing food that people have the privilege of indulging in, but it is about raising awareness for people who do not have...
(VOVWORLD) - At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an attack by armed insurgents near the country's border with Mali, the West African nation's defence ministry said in...
(VOVWORLD) - At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country's southwest on Thursday morning, the West African...
(VOVWORLD) - France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to counter...
(VOVWORLD) - The West African bloc ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in Niger should diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup there fail, a senior official told army chiefs who were...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger was slapped with more sanctions on Tuesday, hours after its new military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic mission aimed at restoring constitutional order following a July 26 coup
(VOVWORLD) - Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger’s junta revoked a raft of military cooperation agreements with France on Thursday - a decision that could drastically reshape a fight against Islamist insurgents in the region after...
(VOVWORLD) - France will evacuate French and European citizens from Niger starting on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, days after a junta seized power in Niger
(VOVWORLD) - The political situation in Niger is drawing international attention after President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by the army and a military junta, set up by the coup, arrested several members of the Constitutional...
(VOVWORLD) - Protests broke out and turned into riots in many French cities over the past week, after the police shot dead a French boy of Algerian origin on the outskirts...
(VOVWORLD) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged calm after protests broke out over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Nanterre on Tuesday