Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on the orders of the military government.

The French president’s attitude towards Africa has been an ongoing headache for his diplomats on the continent, who find themselves running constant damage control.

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 against rising extremist violence, Niger’s ...

The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

President John Dramani Mahama has underscored the need for closer collaboration between West African countries to fight the canker of insurgency and extremism.According to President Mahama, though not ...

Development experts could be pulled out of some countries entirely in the search for budget efficiencies and strategic focus.

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold said it will have to suspend mining operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner ... Military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are ...

Barrick Gold has been in dispute with Mali since 2023 Mine site has around 4 tons of gold stocked, says employee Mali, ...

Security experts say the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militant group is capitalising on issues such as severe governance ...