President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, has urged West African leaders to maintain open lines of dialogue with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

Army strongmen who have seized power in coups across Africa's Sahel region since 2020 have ramped up pressure on foreign ...

Jihadist insurgencies there continue to spread as fighters have been quick to adapt to the new threat. They now use ...

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in ...

Today, all non-Africans are known to have descended from a small group of people that ventured into Eurasia around 50,000 ...

Planes usually travel at between 35-40,000 feet through areas of sky with very minimal oxygen, which explains why all ...

The heavy reliance on Chinese supply exposes Mali to vulnerabilities, including supply disruptions, diminished bargaining ...

A judge in Mali has placed Canadian mining company Barrick Gold under provisional administration in an ongoing dispute with ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has agreed to maintain the status quo on free movement of ...

FAO and WFP highlight worsening hunger in 13 hotspots, including 8 in Africa Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, and DRC face risk of famine-like conditions Conflict, climate shocks, and economic collapse drive ...

Despite a prolonged fallout within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria is making diplomatic ...

Every year, tens of thousands of migrants set off to Europe from Africa in fragile wooden boats. But there’s growing evidence that these perilous journeys are marred by horrific crimes.