Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

The Rencontres de Bamako photography biennale took place from mid-November until mid-January without past sponsor France, ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

Criminal gangs take orders for specific models, use teenagers to grab them and quickly export them through ports up and down ...

The new team takes office at a time the continent is at a critical juncture, dealing with rising political instability and ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso ... their advantage. The town of Bawku is embroiled ...

The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the world's biggest aid agencies, on Monday announced that it was "forced" to suspend ...

Officials from the UK Foreign Office have listed advice on a host of destinations where it says don't go at all or that ...

With 922 fast food joints, Camden is the fast food capital of England; at 417.4 outlets per 100,000 people, over triple the rate for England (115.9). Camden Town is well-known as a hub of food ...

The Foreign Office issues travel advice for a range of countries, with some destinations on the 'do not travel' list due to ...

On January 2, 2025, security forces arrested opposition member Seydina Touré in Segou, central Mali. He is charged with "incitement to public disorder" and "attempting to discredit the state," among ...