A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more ...

The end of French military presence in Chad, as was announced by Chadian President Mahamat Deby last week, marks the end of over 120 years of French ...

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Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

The 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum has re-echoed its commitment to advancing stabilisation, recovery, ...

Prime minister, Mr. Allah Maye receiving Professor KamaludeenProfessor Kamil Kayode Kamaludeen, the outgoing Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Chad, ...

Chad was the last Sahel country with a remaining French military presence – Until recently, around 1,000 French troops were ...

Sudan's war is causing untold misery and threatening to spill over into the neighbourhood. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2025, Crisis Group explores how the EU and its member states can assist ...

The countries most affected by climate change are poor, rely heavily on agriculture for income, and are vulnerable to extreme ...

THE renewed attacks by armed bandit groups and the intensified violence by Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa leave civilians in North-East ...