West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

A new archaeological discovery challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians ...

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 ...

Liberty Magnet High, where all the teenagers attend school, has accommodated its Muslim students by giving them time to pray ...

West African gold explorer Many Peaks Minerals has made a very strong start to 2025 thanks to exploration success in Cote d’Ivoire.

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 wind originates from ...

AccuWeather meteorologists are forecasting a “near to above average” Atlantic hurricane season for this year, according to a ...

With gold at record prices, these companies with resources in excess of 3Moz and a clear pathway to production are poised to ...

Each night, throughout Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, families gather, neighbors share food freely and communities come ...

Parts of the northeastern U.S. and Europe witnessed a partial solar eclipse on Saturday. Here's some photos of what they saw.

Global power-sharing through interconnected energy networks is emerging as a critical strategy to accelerate the green energy ...