Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes ...

France retains 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast for training as it hands over a military base, reducing its presence amid ...

The French Armed Forces Minister said some 80 servicemen will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military.

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

New research suggests that pale complexions are a relatively recent addition to the continent.

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

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DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

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France’s presence in Africa has been in sharp decline in recent years, a sign of the gradual end of its influence on the continent. As the Sahel countries have successively ended their military ...

A £299million road is set to be built in the West African landlocked country of Niger as part of an ambitious strategy to improve its road infrastructure and promote economic and social development.

This was France's last foothold in the region, West Africa's vast expanse below the Sahara desert. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger all kicked the French army out following coup d'états in recent years ...