France’s influence in Africa is weakening, but it hasn’t disappeared. While political ties are fading, its economic grip ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Junta leader, General Abdourahamane ...

The recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised ...

In all these countries, the biggest foreign population is Nigeria. So, Nigeria will need to strengthen our cultural ties, and ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of Islamic State ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working ...

Cultivated in over 100 countries, cotton is not only essential for global trade, but also for the livelihoods of millions, particularly in developing regions. However, the cotton-to-clothing value ...

At the Berlin symposium marking the 140th anniversary of the Berlin Conference on Africa, Togolese Foreign Minister Robert ...