Africa is one of the richest continents, given its rich fertile ground, natural resources, bio-diversity, and precious minerals. Yet many African residents live in abject poverty. In this ar… Read More

I keep hearing that the state of the world is unusually terrible at the moment. But I wonder if that is really true.It is almost certainly true in terms of climate change. That just gets wor… Read More

France has completed the withdrawal of troops from a northern base in Niger as part of a planned departure from the West African country in the wake of July’s military coup. Nearly… Read More

Yesterday, seven agreements worth €212.4 million were signed between the European Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote trade, regional integration… Read More

By Alhousseini Alhadji and Edward Mcallister Reuters  Islamist militants in Mali started a blockade of Timbuktu by chopping street entry in August after which shut off river and air r… Read More

I was born in 1950, the year America went to War in Korea.As a teenager I fought in Vietnam and Cambodia.Since then, I've followed wars springing up around the globe over the decades. R… Read More

Mali's ruling junta have cancelled the authorization given to French flag carrier Air France to resume operations and services to the c… Read More

The withdrawal of U.N. forces and the reluctance of international intervention have left Mali at the mercy of Islamist militants and ethnic conflicts In 2012, French forces and the U.N. i… Read More

Contagious Coups: Has democracy failed Africa?In January 2022, following a coup in Burkina Faso, concerns were raised about coups "returning" to the African continent and that demo… Read More

Caravan trade Islam From the VIIIth century onwards, Islam spread to sub-Saharan Africa via trade networks. From this set of exchanges and circulations, three distinct geographical areas eme… Read More

BY ANGELA CHARLTON and DALATOU MAMANE AP President Emmanuel Macron introduced Sunday that France will finish its navy presence in Niger and pull its ambassador in another country… Read More

Africa’s agricultural sector has a significant social and economic impact, per McKinsey. The percentage of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa exceeds 60%, while agriculture acco… Read More

TAAT convenes seed business summit in Sierra Leone The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the for Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation -TAAT, t… Read More

Introduction Since its decolonization, France has held outsized influence in French-speaking (Francophone) African countries, cemented by its policy of Françafrique, which was desi… Read More