World/Africa

A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz, hosted a roundtable discussion that tackled energy and critical mineral partnerships with the ambassadors and representatives of 19 African countries and the AU. Those African countries included Gabon, Mauritania and Senegal. 

Liberia’s Internal Affairs Minister Franklin Sakila Nyumalin raises alarms over escalating tensions between Guinea and Sierra Leone at the Yengar border, describing the situation as a serious threat to peace in the region.

The United Kingdom has officially reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the most credible, viable, and pragmatic basis for resolving the Moroccan Sahara dispute.

Five candidates are running to become President of the African Development Bank in an election on Thursday during the lender's annual meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Fake stories of a coup d’etat in the West African nation of Ivory Coast surfaced this week amid mounting tensions over the upcoming October general elections. Several accounts on social media sites, including Facebook and X, posted videos of huge crowds on streets with burning buildings, which they claimed were from the country’s commercial capital, Abidjan.

The new anti-terrorism law passed by parliament could allow Sierra Leone's judicial authorities to impose heavy prison sentences on journalists and restrict access to information in the name of national security. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on President Julius Maada Bio not to enact this legislation until it explicitly guarantees journalists’ protection. The NGO has released four recommendations to prevent the law from becoming a tool for abuse.

Across Guinea’s capital, Conakry, billboards and posters proclaim the people’s loyalty to the vision of Mamady Doumbouya, the general who has led the west African country since a coup in September 2021.

Seven African countries will be hit the hardest by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), according to development analysts.

John Mahama was sworn in as president of Ghana for a third time Tuesday against the backdrop of the country’s worst economic crisis in a...

InIvory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power...