Rabat - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed four Moroccan officials to oversee the match between the ...

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.

Five African women are leading research and community-focused initiatives aimed at solving some of Africa’s biggest challenges, from health systems to climate change and governance. Armed with PhDs ...

The African Development Bank and the Government of Burkina Faso launched the third phase of the incubator program of the Support Project for Youth Employment and Skills Development in Rural Areas ...

At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso. (AP Photos) Extremists have besieged towns around the country, preventing people and goods from moving freely.

On May 30, 2025, a 49-minute video surfaced on a YouTube channel named Bold Pan-African, seemingly featuring Peter Obi, ...

Suspected jihadists have kidnapped nearly 60 women in the West African country of Burkina Faso, according to victims who managed to escape. About 40 of the women were taken Thursday and up to 20 ot… ...

Burkina Faso's army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country's northern Sahel region, according to a state ...

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 60 women and girls who had been abducted last week in the West African nation of Burkina Faso were freed on Friday, the national broadcaster said. The kidnappings took ...

Armed assailants kidnapped about 50 women in northern Burkina Faso last week, the government said on Monday, the latest security incident in the landlocked West African country, which has been ...

DAKAR, Senegal — At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region last week, a local official said Monday.The kidnappings occurred on January 12 ...

The news initiative in charge of this program, The Africa Women Journalism Project (AWJP), is conducting research with the goal of launching a new journalism fellowship in the francophone countries of ...