Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a hotbed of extremist violence ...

DAKAR, Senegal — People in Senegal's capital, Dakar, are breathing a sigh of relief after officials removed from its port 3,050 tons of ammonium nitrate, the same substance at a slightly lesser ...

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub ...

The Sahara Conference returns this Saturday in Dakar, Senegal, as top teams aim for dominance. Luke Akinsola, for NBA.com A ...

Wooden wildebeest, gorillas, and giraffes are among the lifesize wooden animals The Herds project is heading through 10 ...

Analysis - Two pejorative terms are used to describe the phenomenon of Nigerians emigrating to other countries. One is "japa", a word that became so popular it has entered the Oxford English ...

With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithfuls heading to Rome following Pope Francis's death, Italy and the Vatican are rolling out a massive security plan.

Gabon’s constitutional court has confirmed that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema — he's Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup — has won the Central African nation’s April 12 ...

The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

Human Resource (HR) practices in West Africa reflect the region’s unique socio-economic, cultural, and political landscape.With a rapidly growing youth population, workforce, increasing foreign ...

As a schoolboy at Wake Forest High in North Carolina, Will Perry could not have fathomed that he would go on to become a ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) begins its year-long Golden Jubilee Celebration, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, ...