Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Leaders of ECOWAS are gathering on Wednesday to celebrate 50 years since its formation and are expected to address regional ...

SINCE 2020, West and Central Africa have witnessed a troubling surge in coups d'état, reversing hard-won democratic gains across the region. Among the first nations swept up in this wave was Burkina ...

The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies’ underlying causes, instead ...

A recent article in the journal Nature updated the well-documented claim that world’s richest are uniquely responsible for ...

God’s Money Rating: AA Reality: God’s richest combination of human and natural resources in Africa. Western Label: Corrupt, ...

Former FBI Director James Comey is under investigation for sharing a photo of shells displayed in the shapes of "86 47." ...

Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region – it likely won’t be there. Yet the Indo-Pacific is now central to ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

Several dozen people, notably women and children, have demonstrated in the central Malian village of Diafarabé following allegations that the Malian army killed more than 20 people.

Abe’s message was clear: The fate of the Pacific and Indian oceans would be increasingly intertwined, and democratic states would need to work together to preserve stability. His vision resonated in ...

cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; rethinking the response to jihadist groups in the Central Sahel; and artisanal mining and resource ...