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 ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall ...

By 7:30 pm, she had been sent across the river to Turkey. In Turkey, A.R.E. was arrested, held in Edirne Prison near the Greece border, and subsequently transferred to Gebze Prison, near Izmir.

Hours after his arrest, Shariful narrated to the cops how he eluded the Border Security Force (BSF) by crossing the Dawki river, also known as the Umngot, which flows between India and Bangladesh.

Getty Images/Pedro H. Tesch Coming off a victory over Internacional last week, Mexico visit River Plate at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to put an end to their adventure in ...

As dusk settles over Mbacke Kadior, a village in central Senegal, the rhythmic chants of the Muslim worshippers dressed in patchwork garments fill the air. Gathered in a tight circle outside a ...

Space X has launched a rocket towards the moon with two private lunar landers on board. The rocket took off from Florida, with landers crafted by Japan's ispace and America's Firefly Aerospace ...

Nearly 200 arrests, seizures of dangerous chemicals, explosives, and drugs – this is the outcome of an operation targeting illegal gold mining in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal.

The Super Eagles B team have been drawn into a highly competitive Group D of the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), alongside defending champions Senegal, Congo, and Sudan. The draw ...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles B have been drawn in Group D alongside Senegal, Congo, and Sudan for the 2025 African Nations Championship scheduled to be held in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda this August.