She’s the sister of Nigerian soccer legend Sunday Oliseh, but with her fashion label Tesslo, Tessy Oliseh-Amaize is making a ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

An initiative to connect 300 million Africans to electricity in the next six years has won new pledges worth more than $8 ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take effect ...

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Forecasts suggest that by 2100 a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an “African ...

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...

We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion's role in society, government and national identity.

Despite the imperfections of democracy, it remains the preferred form of governance that can guarantee individual liberties ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture Goma, East Congo, amid escalating conflict and humanitarian crisis. U.N. reports violence ...

One woman who was carrying her child and a few belongings told the BBC's Great Lakes service: “Bombs from clashes kept ...