Supporters of Gabonese president Ali Bongo believe that their candidate "is the choice of reason" as he launches his election campaign in the Owendo commune, running for a third term in office. Celestin Mba Ndong, one of those attending the rally in Ow...
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"We're stuck here. We're going on about 16 days today. We're asking the African population to sort out their problems, to let us through - we'll unload our luggage, turn around and go back to our families in peace, as we should." Issiaka Bassé, truck d...
For over the past 14 years it has functioned as an extended family for campers who are often the only Jewish child of color in their hometown or treated more as a curiosity than a full-fledged member of Jewish or Black communities.
Thousands of coup supporters rallied near a French military base in Niger on Friday, a day after West African leaders said they would muster a "standby" force in their efforts to reinstate the country's deposed leader.
Since its opening on August 13, 1923, world-renowned heads of state, celebrities and royals have frequented the Copacaban Palace. The family of Octávio Guinle, the hotel’s founder managed the palace until 1989. It became part of the LVMH conglomerate i...
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique still hopes Kylian Mbappe will stay at the club but refused to comment on Neymar’s future as the Brazil forward moves closer to a possible departure.
The construction of the $800M Kandadji hydroelectric project in Niger has been halted by the Chinese contractor Gezhouba Group which claims that most of its funds have been frozen due to the current sanctions after the coup.
The government of Burkina Faso resulting from a coup d'etat has decided to suspend "until further notice" the broadcasting of Radio Oméga, one of the most listened to in the country, after the broadcast Thursday of an interview "enamelled with insultin...
Air France has extended "until August 18 inclusive" the suspension of its flights to and from Bamako and Ouagadougou "following the coup d'état in Niger and because of the geopolitical situation in the Sahel region", the airline said on Friday.
At least four people died and another was injured Thursday in the collapse of a school under construction in Bukavu, a large city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local authorities and witnesses.
