Dakar hosted a silent march on Tuesday for Souadou Sow, better known as Diary, a 12-year-old girl who was murdered on the ...

A Nigerian official says at least 40 farmers were killed by militants in a weekend attack in northeastern Borno state ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency Monday after the country reported its second case of mpox in less than four days, health authorities said.

Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to an ...

[Photo/Agencies] DAKAR — Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye said that 2025 would see an end to all foreign military presence in the West African country, in a speech on Tuesday to mark ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senegal’s then-opposition leader Ousmane Sonko adresses supporters in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's prime minister said on Friday that the government is closing “all foreign military bases,” an announcement essentially aimed at France, the West African ...

Senegal has announced the closure of all foreign military bases, without setting a timeline for the exit of foreign troops. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko made the announcement Friday during a ...

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Burkina Faso's junta-led government said Thursday that it had released four French nationals it called spies, following Morocco-mediated negotiations with France. The West African nation's ...