When Africa’s strongmen need help consolidating control and protecting their regimes, they have often turned to the Wagner ...

Fatalities and violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa sustained near record pace, with the Sahel and Somalia accounting for 79 percent of related deaths.Highlights There were an ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

Captain Ibrahim Traore took power in Burkina Faso on 30th September 2022, citing former President Paul Henri-Damiba’s inability to deal ...

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has urged African leaders to recognize the continent’s youth as a vital resource ...

Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday, the head of an industry union said.

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the election of commissioners, amid some confusion over the new ...

Mercenaries from the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group have deployed in Mali as well as neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger, where ...

Mali’s military rulers have demanded a greater share of income from the nation’s gold and other resources since seizing power four years ago. The junta has adopted a new mining code and ...

Geologists have long viewed North America and Europe as separate continents, yet new studies suggest there might be more complexity beneath the surface of Earth’s oceans. Ongoing research has revealed ...

Listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Great Quest Metals will shortly submit its first technical NI43-101-compliant report with an eye to developing the Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali. Located ...