Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

A father and son duo from Kilkenny are undertaking a mammoth journey behind the wheel of a 2003 Lexus as they travel over 6,000km in 21 days from Galmoy in Kilkenny to the Republic of The Gambia, a ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

The PAIX Dakar facility will enhance regional connectivity and provide businesses with high-quality colocation services.

Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. But persistent problems, including poverty, the effects of climate change, and weak governance, are fuelling widespread social ...

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French ...

The Quad-City Symphony Orchestra will present “Omar’s Journey,” a concert opera adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning work ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

Ivory Coast’s expulsion of French troops follows similar moves across the region, leaving a power vacuum that must be handled ...

PAIX Data Centres, a data centre provider in Africa, is building a new data centre in Dakar, Senegal. The development, ...