In a bid to meet the rising global demand for shea butter, Salid Agriculture Nigeria Limited has launched a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Entrenched in the Sahel, Russia is making a push for influence in Togo, according to a report by the Critical Threats Project ...

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.

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 ...

West Africa court refuses to recognize Niger’s junta, rejects request to lift coup sanctions (AP Photo/Sam Mednick) Niger challenged the sanctions at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in the Nigerian ...