In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked for six hours through the Guinea Highlands, a densely forested plateau that spreads across four ...

His desperate act ignited the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling once-untouchable strongmen and redrawing the region’s political map. At the ...

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across West Africa. Yet in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, the famously ...

Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon will battle in Rabat for Africa’s final World Cup slot in a high-stakes CAF play-off ...

Sometimes, the best adventures don’t require international flights or lengthy itineraries — just a car, good company, and an ...

The Sadiola Mine is a long-life mine undergoing a transformational two-phased expansion plan, the first phase of which is ...

It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name “Chimere” — French for chimera — approached a blank ...

Soar above the vibrant landscapes and rich history of Benin, West Africa, with this captivating drone video. Witness the incredible Ganvié, the "Venice of Africa," a vast traditional village built ...

The drugs were discovered on an unflagged fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday, a key transit route for drugs heading to Europe. Two French navy ships seized almost 10 tonnes of cocaine ...

Nigeria is expected to exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list by October when the global task force holds its plenary in Paris, France, the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money ...

Nigeria is home to 100 known species of bats—about a third of Africa’s bat species—but scientists don’t know much about them. Ecologists Iroro Tanshi and Benneth Obitte, collaborators and life ...