In Niger, a local company has been granted a license to mine copper. Meanwhile, military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso aim to reduce dependence on foreign mining companies and diversify their ...

Following his emergence in 2022 as the head of the military junta in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore and his government have ...

I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X ...

French corporations have long controlled Africa’s vital resources, extracting wealth leaving behind poverty and corruption.

A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become "a remote-controlled political instrument" operated from Paris to suit ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal's capital, Dakar that it has ...

French corporations have survived flag changes, military coups, economic crises and terrorist attacks in Africa, yet they have always remained at the helm, controlling the continent’s vital resources.

African football icons Mohamed Salah and Achraf Hakimi appear set to feature at the 2026 World Cup as Egypt and Morocco have ...

African soccer icons Mohamed Salah and Achraf Hakimi appear set to feature at next year’s FIFA World Cup as Egypt and Morocco ...