A major journalist in Niger was in custody Saturday, an association said, a day after the private TV channel he runs was suspended following a report critical of the military-led regime.

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

President John Dramani Mahama has hailed the Ghana-Mali relations, underscoring Ghana’s commitment towards ensuring the ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign ministry says that a Spanish man has been kidnapped in an unspecified northern African country, while Spanish media report that the man is being held by a jihadist group.

Over the past decade, France has been forced out of over 70 percent of the African nations where it once maintained a ...

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne ...

The capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force have geopolitical implications for combating terrorism and threats of coups in ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks ...

The letter from CEO Mark Bristow to staff, dated Monday, says Barrick is “awaiting official confirmation of the proper ...

Mali's government has begun enforcing a provisional order to seize gold stock at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto site, the ...

Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...