One of Africa's biggest countries has demoted French as its official language in favour of a native West African language.

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Africa stands at a distinct crossroads in its history. For centuries, the political borders of the continent were drawn based ...

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian ...

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In 2009, the Malian government handed out a large area of land for an irrigated sugarcane plantation. Hundreds of farmers ...

As the country marks two years of war this week, the question that looms large is whether hope for a democratic future still ...

On Wednesday, April 9 the Masters in Intelligence Analysis Program hosted “Africa at the Center of Global Issues”, which ...

Jihadists are assumed to be behind the recent kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Niger, the latest in a series of abductions in ...

The European Union has announced a fresh €258 million humanitarian aid package to support millions of people affected by ...

The European Union has announced €258 million in humanitarian support for the Greater Horn of Africa, West and Central Africa ...

Analysis - Despite the bitter exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS and their formation of the rival AES, the destinies of the two blocs remain deeply intertwined.