A commission in junta-led Niger has recommended a five-year transition timeframe back to civilian rule. Back in 2023 when the ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian Government, bringing an end to a dispute that has lingered for nearly ...

Niger's military-led government suggests a five-year transition to democracy after a 2023 coup. The proposal alters a previous three-year timeline, leading to the country's exit from ECOWAS and ...

Souleymane Cissé, the African cinema pioneer known for masterpieces such as "Yeleen" and "Timbuctu," has died at 84.

In the Sahel, human rights defenders are being targeted more than ever by the various states, while civic space is ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...