A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that ...

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 ...

Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, has spent more than two decades fighting for religious freedom But ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in other ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element. Soon ...

Europe is restructuring its development aid, shifting from traditional grants to investment-driven funding while cutting ...

Local populations feel the effects of climate change, but new research shows only indirect links to violent extremism.Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel.

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...

The three Sahelian states' split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

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