PARIS (Reuters) - Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Africa could be torn apart like paper amidst ... effectively reshaping the world map. It's one of the few spots on Earth where tectonic activity is actively separating parts of the planet's ...

President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) will be keenly felt across the ...

International lenders have pledged an additional $8 billion to support a $48 billion World Bank and African Development Bank ...

The tourist killed by elephant at Kruger National Park in South Africa was "charged and trampled", park officials say.

A shocking development has just emerged out and has come to light that a brand new continent might end up forming pretty soon ...

Africa, a continent of immense diversity, history and rapid urbanization, is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Its largest urban centers are economic and cultural powerhouses, ...

South African upmarket retailer Woolworths Holdings warned of a decline of up to 27% in its first-half profit on Tuesday due ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

By Patrick Kingsley World leaders and a dwindling group of ... Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago.