How did the civilizations of North Africa connect with the rest of the continent in ancient and medieval times? This video explores the trans-Saharan trade routes, cultural exchanges, and powerful ...

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West ...

Cocoa prices erased an early rally on Tuesday and turned lower due to rain forecasts for West Africa, which is expected to benefit the region's cocoa crops.

MARIETTA — President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day program at Marietta College. Living Historian Michael ...

What the West must learn from George W Bush before taking on ISIL Increased Western intervention will inflame war in the Middle East. The real struggle is between a Sunni-dominated Islamic State and ...

Economically desperate Nigerians and others in West Africa are ensnared with promises of dollar jobs, only to face danger and exploitation.

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has called for greater collaboration among West African nations to enhance economic growth and regional integration. Speaking at a ...

The award — which marks the contractor's debut in the West African nation — is set to see the jack-up Admarine 510 begin work for Sinopec subsidiary Addax Petroleum in the fourth quarter of 2025.

African infrastructure and investment group Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that it is providing Mota-Engil Africa (MEA), part of the global Mota-Engil construction group, with a ...

Marine Gen. Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, saluting, joins Moroccan military leaders and others at an African Lion joint training exercise in Tantan, Morocco, on May 23, 2025.

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal ...