West African leaders on Sunday backed tough new sanctions on Mali including border closures and a trade embargo, saying the...
Somali leaders announced on Sunday they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated...
Hosts Cameroon got the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations underway with a victory over Burkina Faso on...
Mali announced the recall of its ambassadors to West Africa and the closure of its borders with its ECOWAS neighbors...
The production of renewable energy is increasing in Mauritania. According to the UN Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA), the location...
Gunmen in northwest Nigeria's Kebbi state have freed 30 students and a teacher after seven months of captivity, according to...
When Andre Onana takes his place between the posts for Cameroon in the opening game of the Africa Cup of...
Nations matches even if they have only 11 players available. New guidelines from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) state...
A group of would-be footballers sweat and shine in their kickabout in the late afternoon heat, their boots spraying up...
Tributes have been paid to a life-long anti-apartheid campaigner who has died. Hanif Bhamjee, of Cardiff, was born in apartheid-era...