Stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking in Cameroon are alarmed by the scale of the issue after security forces rescued 100 children from traffickers in the country's western region.

While Biya’s re-election in October seems all but inevitable, his prolonged stay in power – without meaningful dialogue or ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

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Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...

An expert has shared what would happen to the US if all glaciers melted overnight. As the world warms, the sub-zero reserves of water at the north and south poles are gradually deteriorating ...

According to the report, ongoing conflict and attacks on civilians are fuelling increased displacement across the region, ...

Across Nigeria, rapid urbanisation and population growth have led to the encroachment on and destruction of critical ...

Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and ...

The worst wildfires in the country right now are burning in Western North Carolina and the ... You can track the wildfires with our interactive fire map, which is updated hourly, shows where ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States, which promotes economic and political cooperation in the region. The environment ... was established in ...