China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly ...

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the ...

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What happened to Africa over the years can be analysed through the interlocking power struggles between various caste-like ...

President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria seeks to return Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali into the ECOWAS fold before his tenure as the ...

African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed ...

As Trump prepares to enter the White House, China sends a top official on a tour of Namibia, Congo Brazzaville, Chad and ...

Read moreFrance to reduce troops in West and Central Africa to 600, say sources “For our partners, what matters tomorrow is not the number of soldiers. There will be the personnel needed to make ...

By Buertey Francis BORYOR The newly elected President of the Republic Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated his resolve ...

The South African Weather Service has raised alarms as the country braces itself for tough weather conditions beginning ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced the withdrawal of French forces from the nation, marking a step towards ...