West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a ...

Analysis - Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti.

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a warning about a potential desert locust outbreak in Morocco, as swarms continue spreading across North Africa. The warning ...

Gold Fields' South Deep mine is thought to be the largest goldmine in the world by reserves, and it is also the seventh ...

In this fourth series of Tribe, Parry visits the Waimaha of the Colombian Amazon, the Marapu of Indonesia and and the Mucubal ...

As someone who firmly believes in libertarian/conservative values and principles, I fully understand that compulsory national service could seem like an infringement upon one’s personal freedom.

What does it mean to be an adult? Is it when you turn 18 and can vote, pay taxes, and enlist in the military? Or is it 21, when you ...

The ANC’s selective outrage and ideological battles are harming South Africa’s poor, jeopardizing the economy.

The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open habitats, and is ...

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