While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Zoom in to the map of Mauritania with text, textless, and with a flag Eritrea map, zooming in from the space through a 4K photo real animated globe, with a panoramic view consisting of Africa, West ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Major airline Virgin Atlantic has added new direct daily flights to a stunning African country that boasts an incredible 334 miles of sandy beaches.

West Africa has been rocked by a spate of coups that has countries in the 15-member body under military rule in the past five years. "The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

39 countries have improved their score since 2016. Of the 10 that have most progressed, six are in West Africa, two are in East Africa, and two are in Southern Africa. Nine top‑20 performers ...

The three junta-led West ... countries privileges of membership, including free movement within the region with an ECOWAS passport. The 15-nation regional bloc Economic Community of West African ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... has been seen by the West as a stable country in an unstable ...