Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw materials grows, this pivot may have significant consequences for Europe’s ...

ShareMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, speaks in this interview monitored on Arise Television on the final exit of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African ...

Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Now there is no public support for sending any more troops to Africa even if they are requested by beleaguered African governments. Those African political crises have been a regular feature of ...

For many decades, Africans were under colonial rule that gave them little or no chance to express their desires. Despite the numerous obstacles, some youngsters (who eventually became renowned African ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two men close to Benin’s president were sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, following their ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview ...

BAMAKO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Malian army said it has killed a local terrorist leader operating in central Mali and several other terrorists during operations across the country on Tuesday and ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African ...