Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date — a set of standards ...

Analysis - Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region - notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - have put pressure on western mining firms for a fairer distribution of revenue from the lucrative ...

The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's ...

Burkina Faso: The Machiavellian Threat to African Leaders. Captain Ibrahim Traore took power in Burkina Faso on 30th ...

Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20) ...

The U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars on foreign aid, much of it on humanitarian assistance, though it also has ...

I cannot defend every entity that receives funding from U.S.A.I.D. I cannot even speak on behalf of C.R.S. But I can tell you ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.