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Just a few weeks ago in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, the national police dismantled a trafficking network that had kidnapped 160 young people of various nationalities. This demonstrates ...

Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

On February 15, during the 38th summit of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African leaders elected ...

IVORY COAST troops took over the last remaining French army base in the country today, as the former colonial power withdraws ...

In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date—a set of standards ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, ...

If there is anything highly observable about civil wars fuelled by the presence of minerals, other than the devastation that war imposes ...

Africans are confronted today with a mirage of crisis. The challenges we face as a continent, and as a unique race of people are not merely political skirmishes. These challenges bordered on lack of ...