A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights ...

KARAN, Mali (AP) — A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of ...

Tensions with Paris and delayed document submission leave Bamako’s new Alliance of Sahel States travel papers in limbo.

The world’s richest men are taking from the world’s poorest communities with deadly consequences. Right now, every $1 becomes $5 to fight for equality.

The government of Niger has declared three days of mourning following an attack on a mosque in the country’s southwest that ...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday announced that it had taken control of new strategic sites in the capital ...

Dr QU Dongyu | Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water, from shelter to energy, ...

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

U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) has introduced bipartisan legislation to extend tax benefits to American service members ...