It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout would begin in January. France has had as many as ...

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An artificial rendering of the Albertine Rift, which forms the western branch of the East African Rift. Credit: Christoph Hormann / CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in ...

South Africa tailenders Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen have hung in against relentless fast bowler Mohammad Abbas for a tense two-wicket win in the first Test in Centurion to seal the Proteas’ p ...

In his first term, Donald Trump denigrated African nations, but leaders there are hopeful his return will bring more investment and less pressure to uphold democracy and human rights. By Ruth ...

Nelson via AP Images). Voters in more than 17 African countries made up a sizable portion of the estimated 3.7 billion people who cast ballots across the globe in 2024. Now, with the year of ...

But it also raises doubts about Russia’s ability to project its power into Africa. A Russian military attack helicopter at Qamishli airport in north-eastern Syria, now abandoned by Moscow’s ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his pledge to introduce visa-free travel for citizens of all African nations to Ghana. The promise, made during the Africa Prosperity Dialogues ...

France's influence on Africa faces its biggest challenge in decades. Here, French soldiers secure the area of a 2013 suicide bomber attack in northern Mali. (Jerome Delay/AP) DAKAR, Senegal — It ...

Africa could one day be 'split into two' after a huge crack that continues to grow appeared in the continent. Go back 200 million years, and our seven continents were all concentrated together in one ...