Armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels, the U.N. children’s fund said Thursday, as the conflict in ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should take urgent action to stop the Malian junta’s crackdown on the ...

Barrick Gold will resume operations at its shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali once authorities in the country allow it to ...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries stuck to its oil-demand forecast after reaffirming plans to gradually hike output from April, but said U.S. President Trump's trade policy is ...

Barrick Gold will resume operations at its shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali once authorities in the country allow it to ...

France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour.

Mali, Africa’s biggest cotton producer, plans to invest in clean energy and tackle issues like child labor and soil health to ...

Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

Mali and Barrick Gold Corp.’s negotiations to end a protracted dispute over payments from the country’s biggest gold mine ...

Justin Bieber has sparked concern after stepping out in New York City wearing nothing but a bathrobe and worn-out Ugg boots, ...

The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...