Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ...

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian ...

He won multiple awards during his 50-year career, including the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and spent his life ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

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

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

PARIS - France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking ...

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

Days before the festival kicked off in early ... meaning it had just a fraction of its usual funding. Anti-French sentiment has soared under Mali's junta, which like its counterparts in Burkina ...

NIAMEY - A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following ...

As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...

Military strongmen have silenced their critics and muzzled the media, threatening, arresting and exiling those who speak out ...