He won multiple awards during his 50-year career, including the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and spent his life ...

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84.

The incendiary films of the late pioneer of African cinema do not merely critique power but discern the social and political ...

At least 48 people, mostly women, were killed when an illegal gold mine collapsed near Kéniéba in the gold-rich Kayes region in western Mali.

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in northeastern Mali on February 7, 2025, killing at least 34 civilians and injuring 34 ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is one of eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) recognized by the African Union (AU). Until ...

African countries are concerned that, following the war in Ukraine, Russia may bolster its mercenary forces with criminals, ...

African countries fear that following the war in Ukraine, Russia may bolster its mercenary forces with criminals. This ...

Thanking the Archbishop of Dakar, Benjamin Ndiaye, for hosting the gathering, the Vatican Undersecretary described it as "a ...