French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ “ingratitude” for France’s role in counterterrorism have reignited debates over France’s diminishing influence in Africa.At ...

The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Mali increase access to drinking water and improve the conservation of water sources in ...

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball tips off a two-game road swing in Utah with BYU Saturday night. Here are three keys from beat ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

European explorers heard about Timbuktu and tried to make the long and treacherous trek to visit the city. Although not as ...

Over the past decade, France has been forced out of over 70 percent of the African nations where it once maintained a ...

Earlier this week, Malian officials seized three tons of gold from the Loulo-Gounkoto mine as part of an ongoing dispute over how much of an ownership stake the military government will have going ...

Mali’s new penal code came into effect on 13 December 2024. It equates same-sex sexual relations with indecent assault and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as ...

Senegal, Chad and Ivory Coast last month announced the departure of French troops just as Paris was devising a new strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech to French ambassadors posted around the world, Monday ...

Madrid (AFP) – A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers ...