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The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...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

Full of culture and some of the world’s most diverse wildlife, an African vacation offers more than meets the eye. The African continent is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous ...

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

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A West Valley restaurant is bringing the islands to Arizona. Desert Island Eatery serves traditional Caribbean food packed with flavor. The restaurant started in Tucson but ...

A mural shows silhouettes of soldiers with aimed guns beneath a caption reading, “Let’s stay vigilant and mobilized!”, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, March 1, 2023 (AP photo). Click to share ...

Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches ...

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