Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West ...

The coup in Niger Republic was particularly perceived as an afront to Nigeria, because it took place after Nigeria had become ...

Friday, April 18: The UN was closed for Good Friday.

Dr Abdel-Fatau Musah, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has invited the three Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – Mali, ...

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an ...

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold on Wednesday issued a sharp rebuke to the government of Mali as tensions over taxes ...

As disputes continue between Barrick and the government of Mali over the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex, Barrick says that acceptance of an agreement which was worked out in February “would unlock ...

In Nigeria — home to 30 percent of the world’s annual 600,000 malaria deaths — clinics that once served 300 people a day in ...

A dispute between Canadian miner Barrick Gold and Mali's government escalated after officials closed its office in the capital and threatened to put its operations in the west African nation under ...

Malian authorities have shut the Canadian miner Barrick Gold's office in the capital Bamako over the alleged non-payment of taxes, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, in the latest ...

The study finds that nearly half of Africans believe their own governments should take the lead in addressing climate change. • Fewer place the blame on rich countries or big corporations, despite ...