While countries like Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have turned their backs on ties with France following juntas coming to power there, Ivory Coast, which was under French rule from 1893 to 1960, ...

The die is cast. The airlifting of intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 2025 Hajj begins today. The ...

Decades of underinvestment in Nigeria’s power supply mean it has not kept pace with the country’s growth. More than 90m of ...

About 10 soldiers were killed and seven injured in an attack in Niger's Dosso region this week, authorities said in a statement broadcast on state radio, while a security source told Reuters the death ...

Trucks, camel caravans and donkeys returning at nightfall laden with enormous cargoes of wood are becoming a rare sight in ...

A glimpse inside the shattered city of Khartoum, Sudan's capital, destroyed by the two-year conflict and now in the process of trying to recover.

ALBANY – This May, NYS Parks invites the public to explore the beauty of native wildflowers on free guided hikes across several Capital Region state parks. These hikes offer a chance to enjoy ...

On Sunday, karate enthusiasts in Freetown competes in a version of the martial art called kyokushin. It has been growing in ...

A woman with more than 400 skydiving jumps made "a deliberate act" to end her life when she jumped on Sunday in the UK.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the ...