The Alliance of Sahel States is redefining West African trade, but at what cost? Rahaman Abiola, a 2025 Free Trade Fellow ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

A new phase of rapprochement has begun between the United States and Russia, marked by a phone call that lasted over an hour and a half between U.S. President ...

Spain will urge the European Union’s top diplomat to strengthen the bloc’s engagement with Africa’s Sahel region as part of a ...

HyveGeo believes it can turn the desert green and remove carbon from the atmosphere – using biochar and microscopic algae.

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

Since mid-February 2025, competing terrorist factions branching off from the Boko Haram organization have engaged in a new wave of armed conflict, just two weeks after the failure of an ...

As Western powers retreat from the Sahel, Russian mercenaries are using social media, influencers and crowdfunding to expand ...

Under the cover of darkness, the jihadists moved into Wulgo, where the shores of Lake Chad meet the arid countryside of ...

China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.