West African countries have become prime targets for social media propaganda campaigns. In the Sahel region, disinformation on social networks has nearly quadrupled in the last two years, according to ...

One of West Africa's most iconic hiking destinations is under threat and diminishing fast due to illegal 'slash and burn' farming. Located in the Southern Koinadugu region of Sierra Leone, the Loma ...

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the ESC hosted the Middle School and Junior High School chapters of the Quiz Bowl tournaments, leading to Wheelersburg Junior High and Portsmouth West Middle School teams to take home wins.

West Africa is a major gold mining hub, yet the region faces a myriad of challenges. Credit: Pact. Global gold prices are surging, surpassing $2,700/oz this month, already up by more than a fifth ...

KAZAN, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday closed a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West’s ...

In west and central Africa, recent heavy rains and flooding show climate change is another thumb on a scale already weighed down by war and disease. New research suggests extreme weather events in ...

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only ...

Photo courtesy Agenzia Nova. Canada has long profited from West Africa’s gold resources. In fact, Canadian companies are some of the largest investors in the region’s mining sector; every year, these ...

Every member of this year’s Oilers team will pack into different sections of West Edmonton Mall as they meet up with fans ... Luckily, the Oilers have provided a handy player map that will help ...

The Russian leader hopes to use the meeting of the so-called BRICS group, which includes China and India, as a counterweight to the West ... China and South Africa — in a gathering of emerging ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...