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Traore, who had promised a return to democracy with presidential elections by July 2024, also announced planned changes to the constitution to make it more representative of the “masses”. “It’s...

(Bloomberg) — Glencore Plc and Seriti Resources Holdings Ltd. are in talks to cut hundreds of jobs in South Africa as their ability to export coal is stymied by inefficiencies...

The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly fearful is that the five-month conflict between Sudan’s two rival generals is worsening an already awful humanitarian catastrophe. The U.S. Department of Defense...

A violent assault, masterminded by Islamic extremists in western Niger, resulted in the tragic loss of at least twelve soldiers, with seven more sustaining injuries, as verified by the nation’s...

The deaths come as former colonial power France prepares to withdraw an anti-terrorism force stationed in the country at the request of its new military leaders, who seized power in...

BRUSSELS — Italy is now dragging its feet on the final plank of the EU’s flagship migration reform — after Germany agreed to a long-awaited compromise.  During a meeting of EU...

A determined would-be student cycled 2,500 miles across Africa through jungles and warzones to win a place at a prestigious university. Mamadou Safaiou Barry was intent on studying Islamic theology...

KYIV — Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group are back fighting on the front line in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian military official told POLITICO on Wednesday. Several hundred fighters from...

In a series of interviews earlier this month timed to coincide with the 22-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, senior U.S. counterterrorism officials provided, in the words of Washington Post...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a “pause in certain foreign assistance programs” to Gabon, pending a review of the circumstances that led to the ouster of the country’s former...