An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in northeastern Mali on February 7, 2025, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring 34 ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022. The ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups allied to Islamic State and al Qaeda while grappling with a much longer history of Tuareg-led rebellion in the north.

Civil war-torn Sudan was particularly vulnerable with 43 percent of children unvaccinated, followed by Mali on 22 percent and Chad on 16 percent, said Sabahelzain, from the School of Public Health at ...

Being the first Moroccan to serve in this respected institution carries enormous responsibility, especially given the major challenges our kingdom faces - from the Moroccan Sahara to African ...

The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's ...