The trio’s exit from the Economic Community of West African States has had real negative consequences for the affected ...

Dubbed "the blind couple from Mali", Amadou and Mariam became one of Africa's best-selling and beloved pairs, playing ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger - three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist external ...

The SVR argues that France is attempting a political and strategic comeback in Africa after a wave of anti-colonial uprisings dismantled French-backed regimes across the Sahel and West Africa. This ...

Oumar Cisse used to lead tours of Djenne, an ancient, fabled city in central Mali known for its towering mud-brick mosque, but he now ekes out a living driving an old motorcycle taxi in Bamako.

Niger's military junta, which took power in a coup in July 2023, has frosty relations with France and Benin and has moved closer to Russia.

The SVR specifically cites the January 3, 2026 attempted coup in Burkina Faso, alleging that France supported a plot aimed at assassinating President Ibrahim Traore, described by Moscow as a key ...

What played out yesterday, February 4, near Ich, in Morocco’s Figuig province, was not an isolated border incident nor a misunderstanding between patrols. It was the latest act in a long-running ...

The largely desert country had been France's last foothold in Africa's Sahel region after the forced withdrawal of French ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger - three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on military rule - have just won the biggest diplomatic ...

In early February 2026, Russia rsquo;s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) publicly accused the government of French President ...

ESPN's Ed Dove reviews the biggest and best deals of the transfer window that involved African players, and examines what the ...