Thirteen years ago, when al-Qaida-connected fighters swept into the city, staff and local families smuggled tens of thousands ...

Stretching over 4,200 kilometers, the Niger River sustains millions of people across West Africa. Flowing through rainforest, ...

Protesters in Nigeria have disrupted this week’s opening of a major museum of West African art, where local disputes over the world-renowned Benin Bronzes have already kept them from being put on ...

Nigeria and the Niger Republic have earned the right to represent Africa at the upcoming Chovken World Championship, scheduled to hold next year in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

Discover 19 of the best winter sun destinations for a last minute holiday within seven hours of the UK, from the Canary ...

On Feb. 18, 2022, Mali’s military rulers asked French troops to leave the country ‘without delay.’ This is the moment West ...

Unfortunately, this celebration of culture was marred by a protest. Parts of the reception pavilion and outer exhibition spaces were vandalised, attendees were intimidated, and the event was disrupted ...

The early Malays were reputed seafarers who established trade networks and even sailed in boats to settle in Madagascar, a distance of about 6,400km.

The island is home to nearly 100 species of lemur, some of the world's most impressive chameleons, over a hundred bird ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometres) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian Andes has baffled researchers for nearly a century. But a fresh look at the ...