France’s pullout from West Africa follows two precepts. By dropping Françafrique, President Macron pulls two popular flags ...

At the time, the Mali empire extended through 2,000 miles of West Africa, from what today is Niger in the east, through parts of Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and ...

The French military has completed its withdrawal from Senegal, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, ...

Mansa Musa’s legendary pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 showcased the empire’s immense wealth and facilitated extensive trade networks connecting West Africa with the Middle East and Europe.

It is not a trade policy. It is not infrastructure. It is not security. If West Africa is to escape the fate of being a ...

What major city in the West African empire of Mali was once a worldwide cultural center, with vast libraries, rich universities and a thriving gold trade? The answer -- as every third-grader in ...

Senegal’s new government has taken a hard-line stance against the presence of French troops as part of a larger regional ...