Leaders in several West African countries increased crackdowns on freedoms as they strengthened their hold on power in 2025.

Washington’s latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region.

San Francisco Playhouse will present the West Coast Premiere of Candrice Jones' Flex, directed by Bay Area theatre titan and ...

In this unusually eventful — mostly not in good ways — year for higher education, it’s salutary to be reminded how much good ...

A new report shows how Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong have courted African elites and companies with tax breaks, light ...

The Vandals didn’t just invade Africa — they ripped out the Western Empire’s economic heart. Roman Africa supplied grain and ...

One war was meant to turn Italy into an empire again. After most of Africa had already been claimed by European powers, ...

Some Caribbean nations have been touring European capitals demanding reparations for slavery. Almost everywhere they are given short shrift. But in the leadership of the Church of England they may ...

Leaders of West African states have agreed to establish a permanent and structured framework for regional cooperation to ...

The West Indies has got a consolation win off South Africa after rain reduced their Twenty20 match to a shootout at the ...

The EU missed the turn to hard power largely because of a factor that is still shaping Europe to this day: the legacy of empire. For when, in 1954, it came time for the French parliament to ratify the ...

Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.