Mali’s ruling junta has detained dozens of soldiers, including prominent military commander General Abass Dembele, over an ...

Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the west ...

A well-defined low pressure system has formed about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands and has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S.

While the system does not pose an immediate threat to Louisiana, forecasters with the local National Weather Service office ...

South Africa's top order is bolstered by the return of Markram and Ryan Rickelton, which may see 19-year Pretorius squeezed ...

NHC assigned a high 7-day development probability to AL97 while it tracked across the eastern tropical Atlantic. Disturbances that emerge off the coast of West Africa in August often serve as the ...

The ENABLE 1.5 Lassa Research Programme has continued in West Africa to address gaps in knowledge on Lassa fever, its connection with malaria, and community readiness for forthcoming vaccines.The ...

Last month, 83-year-old president Alassane Ouattara announced that he would stand for a fourth term in Ivory Coast's elections set for October. The announcement has drawn ire from voters, who have ...

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Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election.

Stakeholders in the education sector have, again, criticised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) over the sudden ...

The two cricket heavyweights will lock horns in the series opener as Mitchell Marsh has confirmed he will open the innings.