One in three lightbulbs in France is powered by the uranium from the field in Arlit, northern Niger.

The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active.

A Red Cross employee is killed and another injured in a gun attack by suspected Islamist militants in Mali

About 500 children aged 11 and under are missing from the Nigerian town, Damasak which has been recaptured from Islamist militants