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The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as ...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

Everything from desert sands to lush forests, and towering mountain ranges to savannahs make up the landscapes that are Africa. Norwegian Cruise Line just completed a home ... devoid of the additives ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this ...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization issued an alert for Algeria, Libya and Tunisia against groups of desert locusts. The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during ...

Despite dropping two points against Zimbabwe yesterday to dent Super Eagles ambitions, Nigeria's hope of hoisting her flag at ...

The rugged and beautiful Greek island of Lemnos is home to a desert in the Gomati area, to the island's north.

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