In response to the spread of desert locusts in certain neighboring countries, particularly in the Sahel region and ...

Niger entrenched military rule for another five years this week when junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in a 2023 military coup, was named president for the next five years. During ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

Since mid-February 2025, competing terrorist factions branching off from the Boko Haram organization have engaged in a new wave of armed conflict, just two weeks after the failure of an ...

With financial startups surging and Egypt thriving, which sectors and countries have struggled to win over investors? Here is ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights ...

As Western powers retreat from the Sahel, Russian mercenaries are using social media, influencers and crowdfunding to expand ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this ...

Accra, March 26, GNA – The successful conduct of elections in Ghana and Senegal in 2024, has gone a long way to strengthen ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...