Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

In recent years, West Africa has seen a surge in terrorist attacks. The Sahel remains the epicenter, accounting for 47% of terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the Global Terrorism ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

Dheere dheere re mana, a Kabir doha, resonated with many at the Pune Kabir Festival, celebrating Kabir's writings, music, and ...

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

TD Securities analyst Wayne Lam downgraded B2Gold (BTG) to Hold from Buy with a price target of C$4, down from C$6, as primary coverage of the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare ...