The £12 billion Trans-West African Coastal Highway aims to connect 12 countries, transforming regional trade, travel, and cultural exchange across West Africa.

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government.

The French president’s attitude towards Africa has been an ongoing headache for his diplomats on the continent, who find themselves running constant damage control.

PAIX Data Centres, a leading data centre provider in Africa, has announced plans for the construction of a new ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

Development experts could be pulled out of some countries entirely in the search for budget efficiencies and strategic focus.

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks ...

Paul-Gordon Chandler, known internationally for using the arts to build bridges, returned to Senegal — where he spent the ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks ...

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner Barrick ...

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner Barrick ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as ...