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Byline: Christiaan Triebert, Elian Peltier, Riley Mellen and Sanjana Varghese The Russian mercenary group operated with little pushback in the West African nation - until it launched one of its [...]

Dozens of teenagers had been accused of treason and faced possible death sentences, but indignation over their treatment, including lack of food, has the government backpedaling. Dozens of teenagers, some [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Since the documentary's cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the artifacts are once again off limits to the [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Ivory Coast, long considered one of West Africa's most tolerant societies, has recently seen a string of assaults on L.G.B.T.Q. people after several social media influencers exhorted [...]

Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the artifacts are once again off limits to the public in Benin. […]

Ivory Coast, long considered one of West Africa's most tolerant societies, has recently seen a string of assaults on L.G.B.T.Q. people after several social media influencers exhorted their followers to [...]

More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria exploded. Witnesses and relatives of victims said poverty had driven most to try to collect the spilled [...]

Byline: Ismail Auwal and Elian Peltier Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Scientists fighting the spread of infectious diseases on the continent have been targeted online by pro-Russian activists, part of an effort to spread fear and mistrust of [...]

Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno. Several similar disasters have taken [...]

Scientists fighting the spread of infectious diseases on the continent have been targeted online by pro-Russian activists, part of an effort to spread fear and mistrust of the West. The […]

Scientists fighting the spread of infectious diseases on the continent have been targeted online by pro-Russian activists, part of an effort to spread fear and mistrust of the West. The [...]

The partnership between Russia's space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries' turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies. [...]

The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies. [...]

At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a major problem. More than 700 inmates were released from [...]

Days after the West African country's ruling military was ambushed by Islamist rebels, it has sought to hide the true extent of the carnage. The military junta ruling the West [...]

An extremist group that claims allegiance to Al Qaeda said it was responsible for assaults on a military police school and an air base in the West African country of [...]

The traffic accident was the latest disaster to highlight how roads across many African countries are some of the world's deadliest. At least 59 people were killed in Nigeria on [...]

The government said that at least 24 inmates had been shot dead as they attempted to escape from Makala Central Prison, which rights organizations have long warned is dangerously overcrowded. [...]

summary Children wailed as their mothers washed their small, frail bodies covered with lesions. Adults coughed repeatedly, their throats so swollen that they could barely speak. Mpox is spreading largely [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist [...]

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government's brutal effort […]

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort [...]

Overshadowed by fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a dispute in the west between two ethnic groups has resulted in thousands of civilians killed and more […]

Overshadowed by fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a dispute in the west between two ethnic groups has resulted in thousands of civilians killed and more [...]

The number found dead or injured in the rubble of the private school in Nigeria was still climbing and dozens, including many students, remained trapped, authorities said. Inside a private [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly [...]

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region. Three [...]

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region. Three [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Moscow has largely taken over the African operations of the paramilitary group, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed after leading an insurrection against Vladimir Putin. [...]

Three female attackers detonated devices at a wedding and at a funeral in a city once ruled by Boko Haram, emergency service officials said. So far, no group has claimed [...]

The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012. Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted [...]

Moscow has largely taken over the African operations of the paramilitary group, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed after leading an insurrection against Vladimir Putin. For years, Russia [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier and Annika Hammerschlag The two teenagers on the screen trudging through the endless dunes of the Sahara on their way to Europe were actors. So were the [...]

The two teenagers on the screen trudging through the endless dunes of the Sahara on their way to Europe were actors. So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier and Christiaan Triebert Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country's military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was [...]

Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country's military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was neither a mistake nor a one-off, [...]

Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country’s military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was neither a mistake nor a one-off, [...]

Byline: Elian Peltier Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact with [...]

Byline: Muktita Suhartono, Elian Peltier, Shawna Richer and Rory Smith A Race the Whole World Is Watching The teams might bear the names of English towns, the stadiums might sit [...]

Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact with anyone but his [...]

Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact with anyone but his [...]

A Race the Whole World Is Watching The teams might bear the names of English towns, the stadiums might sit on English soil and the stands might still be primarily [...]

Trainers and equipment from Russia landed in the West African nation this week, putting the continued presence of 1,000 U.S. military personnel there in doubt. Thousands of protesters gathered in [...]

Trainers and equipment from Russia landed in the West African nation this week, putting the continued presence of 1,000 U.S. military personnel there in doubt. Thousands of protesters gathered in [...]

The presidential candidate of the main opposition party, as well as its powerful founder, was released 10 days before the West African country is set to hold a national election. [...]

President Macky Sall previously postponed the election without setting a date. On Wednesday, he also fired the prime minister, his party's candidate for president. President Macky Sall of Senegal on [...]