The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...

As Islamist extremist groups have wrested large swaths of territory from government control in the Sahel, young men have ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

The Vatican said Pope Francis’ respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which requires cortisone antibiotic ...