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Groups from five African countries filed fraud and corruption complaints Wednesday accusing French billionaire Vincent Bollore and one of his sons of illegally obtaining and benefitting from port concessions.Bollore Group's African ports and logistics business, which the tycoon sold off in 2022, emp...

A Border Patrol notice obtained by Fox News advises agents that illegal immigrants from Guinea are using fake passports to pose as minors when illegally crossing the border.

A look at the late Harry Belafonte's role as a performer who bridged Hollywood and civil rights in his work

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, all ruled by military juntas, have proposed a regional partnership to facilitate trade and tackle insecurity in the region, they said in a joint statement late on Thursday.

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration. Ana A.

Ankara's arms sales to Niger could make the country the center of counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel.

Former Guinean President Alpha Conde left the country for medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates after spending more than four months in the custody...

The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid "lending library" to deploy during disaster recovery efforts to reduce reliance on generators, which increase air pollution and are costly to run.

Davis Cup Finals 2024 group stage broadcasters, TV channels and free streams

Gabon is the latest African state to be hit by a coup, raising fears about the future of democracy.

Benito Zambrano's "Jumping the Fence" joins Roya Sadat's "Sima's Song," and Pau Calpe's "Werewolf" in the lineup of Spanish Screenings Goes to Cannes,  a selection of five pix in po…

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Final Cut, a workshop supporting films in post-production from African and Arab countries – launched by the Venice Film Festival's industry section, Venice Production Bridge – celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. Its goals have remained the same, however, as it continues to provide emerging filmmakers with concrete assistance as well as visibility, all the […]

West African heads of state have put off a decision on whether to further punish the leaders of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso

The international team of scientists aimed to address data gaps in air quality for 46 future megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East using space-based observations from instruments onboard NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) satellites for 2005 to 2018.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 06 (IPS) - In 2021, the Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr became the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's oldest and most prestigious literary prize.

He was also ordered to pay a $58.5m (£46m) fine, and his bank accounts and property have been seized.

Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to 20 years for crimes against humanity over the killings in 2009.

More than 10 million people in Sudan have been displaced since war erupted last April, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday, citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Nambi E. Kelley's world premiere at Court Theatre is anchored by an incendiary performance by Anthony Irons in the title role.