Terrorist activity is surging in Africa’s volatile Sahel region, making life more difficult and dangerous for women and girls, senior U.N. officials said Thursday. Over the past decade, the arid ...

Militant Islamists groups have expanded their presence in Africa and more than doubled fatalities linked to violent ...

Ghana and Rwanda are leading the race to deploy Africa’s first small modular nuclear reactors, the head of the industry’s ...

In Africa's Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty - driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism - are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future.

The Sahara Desert is one of the harshest environments on Earth, covering an area larger than the USA and marked by extreme dryness, heat, and vast stretches of barren land. With only one person per ...

THE voices calling for compensation or reparations from the former colonial powers are becoming louder.African nations are ...

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch joins State Department in warning about Iran's expanding influence in Africa ...

Russia has signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Niger and fellow members of West Africa's Alliance of Sahel States, deepening Moscow's strategic footprint across the continent. The deal ...

EDITORIAL. The decline of democracy in Africa has many causes. Among them are France's serious ambiguities, its readiness to ...

Niger’s military government said Thursday it foiled a late-night escape attempt by deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to flee to neighboring Nigeria after being held in custody for nearly three ...