Under his reign, the Mali Empire attained perhaps its greatest fortune, becoming one of the wealthiest times and places in ...

Niger’s government says it will nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano over allegations that ...

Diego Luna revealed his personal experiences with Latinx typecasting in Hollywood prior to taking on the Empire in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” ...

That year a Tuareg rebellion started in northern Mali and President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a military coup.

But in other parts of Africa the PMCs have been brought under direct control of the Russian government and they aren't going anywhere.

or several years, during a season of boredom in the West, the Wagner Group, Russia’s private military company, became a pet obsession for the media. This was a story of Vladimir Putin’s shadowy “army ...

While still fighting a war in Ukraine, Russia is quietly building up its military power across Africa. This is happening even ...

BAMAKO, Mali -- Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali, civil society and military sources said Tuesday, in the latest militant violence in West Africa's ...

The initial waves of popular support that greeted recent coups in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger startled some analysts. They wondered whether the militarism embodied in these new regimes constituted a ...

In the 13th century, the Mali Empire produced a kind of Magna Carta ... went about with an entourage of female soldiers. All of this is grounds for celebration and creativity that does not require ...

He also commissioned universities and libraries which drew Muslim scholars, poets, and artisans to his empire. As a result, Timbuktu became one of the most prominent cities in the Islamic world, and ...