Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

The director of the Senegalese Space Study Agency has just led the launch of the first Senegalese nanosatellite into space ...

The four initiatives are the Global Development Initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and ...

Analysis - Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put ...

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

The FDA has approved Bavarian Nordic’s Vimkunya, the first virus-like particle (VLP) chikungunya vaccine for patients over 12 years of age. According to the company, approval was based on strong ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put pressure on western mining firms for a fairer distribution of revenue from the lucrative ...

OPINIONBy John Paul SsemyaloWhen Islamic banking was introduced in Uganda, it generated a mix of skepticism and excitement. Rooted in Shari’ah principles that emphasize ethical and accessible ...

Democracy is not static. Its health always depends on the next election. The fall of Germany’s government and possible ...

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) announced last year that the organisations have identified and arrested ...

Going to Palestine was “a huge shock to me,” he told the New York Times. Coming back to New York, he felt, as he told reporter Peter Beinart, “a responsibility to yell” about what he’d seen — which he ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...