The solar-powered studios are saving Mali's music one beat at a time. Local artists are laying down tracks in the heart of ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to cease operations, and for its foreign staff to leave ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

African governments are changing the rules of the mining game in order to collect a higher share of the profit. Although they ...

Barrick Gold reported a 23% increase in its overall proven and probable gold reserves, reaching 17.4 million ounces (moz) at ...

With demand shrinking at home, Chinese cement giants, including West China Cement and Huaxin, are aggressively expanding into Africa.

Since Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, a sweeping funding freeze has shut down most of the agency’s programs worldwide, and ...

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

Premier Peter Malinauskas is walking a tightrope by deliberately igniting intense debate about the Whyalla steelworks’ precarious future.

TORONTO: Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s overall proven and probable gold reserves jumped 23% to 17.4 million ounces at the end ...