At least four subcontractors employing several hundred people at Barrick Gold's complex in Mali are laying off staff ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

Foreign ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, all military-ruled Sahel states, support a Moroccan initiative for ...

Foreign ministers of military-ruled Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger said on Monday they endorse an initiative ...

For the first time ever in its history, the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial (PKM) will take place in Berlin from 13 to 14 May. The aim of the meeting is to discuss the future of UN peace ...

Compared to the chaotic state of Western nations, Russia looks to Africans like a stable, reliable power — whatever internal ...

Insecurity was a major campaign programme of Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

The tri-border region has long been plagued by extremist violence. Just last month, a jihadi group attacked a village there, ...

For much of the post-colonial era, Africa’s development model has been deeply entangled with foreign aid. Billions of dollars ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this West African nation. The country is ...

North Africa is receiving a record number of tourists across all regions, from the traditional tourism powerhouses such as Morocco and Egypt, to the harder to reach corners, such as Algeria, Libya and ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence.