Residents in northern Burkina Faso say an attack by an armed group on a military base has left about 50 soldiers dead. The ...

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has committed a €6 million concessional finance package for the development of the 18 MW Dédougou Solar Power ...

The Transportation Ministry in Ivory Coast says that a collision between a long-distance bus and a dump truck in Ivory Coast has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 50. The ministry ...

In an era where the stakes for biodiversity, climate, and sustainable development are rising across the African continent, ...

Faure Gnassingbé may no longer be president but he still pulls the strings - and no longer has to face elections.

KUMASI, GHANA, SciDev.Net] For years, frontline nurses at community-based health planning services have been forced to improvise with limited resources, no labs, no ultrasound machines, and sometimes ...

Ghana has deployed soldiers to Bawku after gunmen attacked the northern town, killing three students. Analysts warn that ...

Burkina Faso will compete in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) for the fourth time in its history. Drawn into Group B, ...

A high-level U.N. conference gave “unwavering support” to a two-state solution and called on Israel to commit to a ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the ...

The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained ...