Saint-Louis, the historic “Venice of Africa,” faces rising seas and erosion. Without urgent action, this UNESCO-listed city ...

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threa ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, was laid to rest in Aswan, Egypt, on Sunday during a private ceremony.His death, which was announced on February 4, 2025, at ...

Africa; Modern Period West Africa; The Gambia and Senegal River Basins Social, Political, and Environmental History; Land Tenure; Peace and Conflict Currently, Dr. Sarr is working on two projects on ...

The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa. It stretches across a river of the same name. It is located on the western side of the continent. In the past, this state was closely connected with ...

In recent years, West Africa has seen a surge in terrorist attacks. The Sahel remains the epicenter, accounting for 47% of terrorism-related deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the Global Terrorism ...

In 1820, the French strengthened their presence in West Africa by establishing a military fort and a French garrison on the Senegal River, as well as the administrative center of Dakar. Some educated ...

Nowhere is this more evident than in the growing tensions over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydropower project on the Nile River that has put Ethiopia ...

The Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru ...

The Mississippi River Delta is under siege – a multi-pronged attack of sediment erosion, rising sea levels, and flooding is putting immense strain on the wetlands between the Mississippi River ...