Export bans in Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo shake up global shea supply. Shea butter demand rises as a cheaper cocoa butter alternative in confectionery. Local processors may benefit, ...

General Assimi Goïta, Mali's junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate -- renewable indefinitely and without election -- sparking widespread ...

By Amos SAFOOn June 26, 2025, a very significant political and diplomatic event took place in Burkina Faso.This involved agreements Captain Ibrahim Traore signed with eight African, Asian, European ...

As military regimes challenge its authority and regional crises deepen, new ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio vows to restore ...

Mali’s government seized more than a ton of gold from Barrick Mining, days after the West African nation’s junta leader ...

This summit is deal-first diplomacy. It signals not just a new Africa policy, but a redefinition of American engagement: no ...

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, ...

Loulo-Gounkoto mine remains shut as Mali’s administrator seeks to restart it by selling stored gold • Barrick halted operations in January over export blocks; legal disputes are ongoing • Reopening ...

Alex Vines, the director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House think tank, says the influencers are attempting to sow ...

The Malian court-appointed administrator of Barrick Mining's Loulo-Gounkoto complex plans to sell one metric ton of gold from ...

Between October 12, 1492, and the end of the second millennium, Western expansionism had a major influence on the global ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.