France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, ...

Several West African countries are intensifying efforts to shed remnants of their colonial past by renaming streets, squares, ...

Activists say Vincent Bolloré built his fortune through abusive business practices in West Africa. They’re urging UMG artists ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Originally conceived to foster economic cooperation and regional integration, ECOWAS has since expanded its mandate to encompass regional collective security through Monitoring Group ECOMOG for ...

Criminally, after the war, France carried out massacres of African soldiers that had fought in its ranks against Hitler.

Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West ...

Thinker and historian, Bonaventure Swai, in a 1986 paper “Fanon, Contemporary Africa and the Relevance of Historical ...

This annual lecture is hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, alongside the University of South Africa (UNISA) and other ...

Russia has effectively replaced France and the US as an alternative security partner and political patron for the Sahelian ...

This is Traoré: Africa’s youngest president and the new darling of its youth. Social media casts him as a near-messianic ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...