Barrick Gold's boss navigates African disputes, settling Mali's $438m tax row amid rising resource nationalism.

Mali's military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers "coldly executed" at least 24 civilians in the ...

Nowhere is the trend towards resource nationalism more advanced than in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

France said on Thursday it would keep 80 military personnel in Ivory Coast largely for training purposes, as it handed over control of a military base in the commercial capital amid a scaling back of ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a yearlong period of talks and diplomatic efforts aimed at trying to ...