For some people, the mention of voodoo evokes something like a scene from the James Bond novel "Live and Let Die," featuring ...

The titles and roles I hold—including Honorary Consul for the Republic of Togo, Former Special Envoy for Diaspora Affairs for ...

Ag Ghaly, the son of nomadic herders, became radicalised in the 1990s. He was "in contact in Mali with members of Jamaat Dawa Wa Tabligh that was promoting Salafism in north and west Africa," said ...

Once isolated insurgencies in remote deserts and jungles have turned into full-blown wars of terror, turning several regions into some of the deadliest battlegrounds in the world.

These groups are increasingly spreading south and infiltrating countries such as Benin, Togo, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, too. In Benin's northern border towns, attacks on military outposts and civilians ...

In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.

The coast of western Australia is littered with shipwrecks with terrifying stories, but none may be as horrific as that of Batavia. Mutiny, murder, and slavery among its survivors lasted for months ...

Nigeria continues to supply electricity to neighbouring West African countries despite persistent domestic power challenges. In the first half of 2025, utilities in Benin, Togo, and Niger received ...

A surge in terror attacks along Africa's west coast has prompted some countries to beef up their border security. Analysts say they need to coordinate more with the ...

Experts estimate JNIM has about 6,000 fighters – a small force in a nation of 25 million – yet it has consolidated control across much of Mali and Burkina Faso and now threatens coastal states such as ...