The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

The Africa Corps, a Kremlin-controlled paramilitary force, said on Friday it will stay in Mali after Russia's Wagner mercenary group leaves following a 3-1/2 year fight against Islamist militants.

Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which was set up to promote trade and good governance across ...

Several West African countries are intensifying efforts to shed remnants of their colonial past by renaming streets, squares, and public landmarks that once honored French generals, politicians, and ...

•Demands True Federalism, State Police The Okpe Union has reiterated its demand for true federalism, creation of state police, and recognition of Okpe as a distinct ethnic group from Urhobo in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two groups filed a lawsuit Friday over an executive order by West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey granting religious exemptions from required school vaccinations.

With help from Vladimir Putin’s regime, Capt Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso’s interim president, has been making waves in Africa - Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP ...

Afrikaners are a White ethnic minority in South ... after apartheid ended. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has disputed Trump's claims. And the group Genocide Watch has noted that ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the arrest of four men in West Africa for their roles in an international "sextortion" scheme that targeted thousands of victims ...

The White House National Security Council has ordered U.S. agencies and departments to suspend work with the Group of 20 conference set to be hosted by South Africa this year, according to two ...