We think of human rights abuses as wartime atrocities, but sometimes they involve what family members do to the people they ...

AWA, a leading African Airline has officially launched direct flights between Accra, (Ghana) and Ouagadougou, capital city of ...

US President Donald Trump ’s meeting next week with African leaders from several seemingly disparate countries is focused on ...

The synthetic drug kush, first seen in Sierra Leone in 2022, has now spread into much of West Africa while also evolving into ...

Guinea's exports of bauxite, a feedstock for aluminium, jumped 36% to a record 99.8 million metric tons in the first half of ...

Musical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious ...

Africa's smallest mainland country has plenty to offer visitors from abroad, including fascinating wildlife and gorgeous ...

Billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet system has become an increasingly common tool for armed groups to communicate in ...

Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the ...

For all the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in West Africa, the reality has remained underwhelming. Trade among ECOWAS member states still lags just below 10%. In an era ...

Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

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