Writing about the minerals beneath Africa’s soil often feels like unpacking a suitcase of clichés. We’ve all read the tired tropes: "land of contrasts", "resource curse", and "continent of paradoxes”.

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces.

Liberia is at a crossroads. As West Africa becomes an increasingly critical hub in the global drug trade, the country’s ...

Stablecoin issuer Tether and the African nation of Guinea have signed an MOU to explore the country’s possible adoption of ...

Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday that the United States had not responded to attempts to discuss ...

Africa is no longer chained to the West without recourse. China’s ascendency, Russia’s resurgence and the mounting global ...

The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) and Côte d’Ivoire have reinforced their commitment to regional health security through a cross-border symposium on Mpox preparedness and ...

The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous ...

Although the West has long tolerated forced expulsions when convenient, its postwar framework at least nominally rejected ...

While the left cries about unelected officials like Elon Musk and his team who are uncovering waste, fraud and abuse, perhaps ...

Scientists have detected the Sindbus virus in mosquitoes in southern Spain for the first time, raising concerns about climate ...