Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

Analysis - Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put ...

With the formation of this ocean, Africa's map will be redrawn, and its ecosystem will undergo demographic changes.

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of strained relations that have reshaped trade routes in the Sahel.

Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent.

FILE - Sebastian Gorka, left, speaks during a press conference outside Manhattan criminal court on May 21, 2024, in New York.