Military regimes in the Sahel have turned to tactics including arrests to assert control over critical mineral supplies ...

Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies, Toyin Falola, has decried democratic recession in African countries, ...

In the heart of West Africa lies a treasure that has woven communities together for centuries: cotton. This humble fibre has ...

Increasing levels of extreme poverty in Africa were turbocharged by Covid-19, fuelling the fire of relative deprivation. 2024 ...

At least 69 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis, died after a boat capsized off Morocco’s coast while attempting to reach Spain. The tragedy underscores the deadly risks of the Atlantic migration route, ...

The Sahel region of Africa, between the Sahara and the tropical savannahs to the south, has emerged as a significant base of ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, was the centre of attention at the inauguration ceremony of Ghana’s President ...

The previous expulsion of French troops from the region saw countries invite and embrace alternative partners like Russia and ...

Nigeria called on the United Nations to investigate the funding and training of the Boko Haram terrorists. The Chief of ...

West Africa was home to a range of powerful kingdoms and empires with their own diverse cultures, identities and people. The 13th century saw the rise of Mansas and the Empire of Mali. The Mansas ...

Traders and scholars from Europe, the Middle East and Africa came to live in Mali ... It attracted scholars and visitors to Mali. People came from Ethiopia, Andalusia (southern Spain), Arabia ...

The companies have agreed to collaborate to build, own, and operate solar-powered mobile base stations in underserved areas ...