Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

President Trump’s reversal on a spending freeze. The White House yesterday walked back President Trump’s order to freeze ...

In Latin America, many newly formed countries that had gained independence in the 19th century saw ‘right of soil’ citizenship as a way to build national identity and thus further break from their ...

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...

The new Trump administration will face many pressure points in its engagement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

West Africa has been rocked by a spate of coups that has countries in the 15-member body under military rule in the past five years. "The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and ...

ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria’s capital Abuja that despite the split, the bloc hopes to still collaborate with the countries ... seen as West Africa’s leading ...

is West Africa's most influential political and economic bloc but has faced difficulties in recent years amid a rash of military takeovers. In December, it granted the three departing countries a ...