A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

State and Defense Department officials testified on instability in the Sahel, an African region south of the Sahara Desert stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Members of the Senate ...

South Africa: The Children of Paradise, Fergal Keane's documentary series with Milton Nkosi, is available on BBC Sounds and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from Monday 4 December. Click here to listen .

In Africa, some regions are suffering from political instability and economic chaos, and U.S. travel advisories warn that visitors to some areas may risk being caught up in violent conflicts ...

The region’s political culture is dominated by short-term alliances that conflict with Tshisekedi’s vision of cooperative security. Finally, security in the Great Lakes, as outlined by the 2013 peace ...

Africa's mining sector is witnessing a surge in legal disputes in the Sahel and Central Africa, as mining companies face increasing scrutiny in the countries in which they operate. The disputes ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may ...

A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.

Join World Bank Africa Chief Economist Andrew Dabalen for the launch of the Spring 2023 edition of Africa’s Pulse: Leveraging Resource Wealth during the Low Carbon Transition. This edition will focus ...

A decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to quit West Africa's economic and political bloc reverses decades of regional integration, leaving millions of people in limbo, and is likely to deepen ...

Controversial South African politician and traditional minister of the Zulu ethnic group Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died at the age of 95, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on ...

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