France has urged its citizens in Mali to leave immediately, as Islamist insurgents maintain their blockade of the country. The French Foreign Ministry recommended that citizens use commercial flights while they are still available and avoid traveling overland. The two-month-long fuel blockade, enforced by an al-Qaeda-linked group, has disrupted daily …

France has urged its citizens to leave Mali “as soon as possible” as an al-Qaeda-linked group, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), has been blockading fuel tankers since September, disrupting the flow of imported goods from Senegal and the Ivory Coast and upending daily life in …

Etienne FAKKABA SISSOKO, politologue spécialiste du Mali, est notre invité.

It’s a big week for art in Nigeria. Lagos hosts the Contemporary Fair this weekend, while Benin City prepares for the opening of the long-awaited Museum of West African Art. The multi-million-euro project, backed by France, Germany, the Getty Foundation, and the British Museum, was meant to house the famed …

For more than 50 years, orchestra Baobab has emboded the elegance of West African sounds, blending traditional Senegalese and Afro-Cuban music. At the Paris Olympia concert hall the band returns to celebrate his legacy as part of their European tour. Olivia Bizot reports.

A South African court has ruled that an anti-migrant group must cease preventing foreign nationals from entering public hospitals, clinics, and schools, declaring the practice unlawful. The group, Operation Dudula, has been staging pickets outside health facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, checking identity documents and turning away anyone not …

After more than two years of civil war in Sudan, the number of Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees seeking safety in eastern Chad has ballooned to over 975,000, creating a deepening humanitarian crisis. Jennie Shin has more.

Le légendaire groupe sénégalais Orchestra Baobab retrouve la scène mythique de l’Olympia pour une soirée exceptionnelle.

Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, a mis en garde vendredi contre des « préparatifs en vue » de nouveaux combats au Soudan dans la région du Kordofan, zone stratégique située entre la capitale Khartoum et le Darfour.

A Durban dans l’est de l’Afrique de Sud nouvelle opération de blocage à l’initiative de plusieurs mouvements xénophobes… À l’approche des élections locales prévues en 2026, ces groupes anti-immigrés s’en prennent désormais à ceux qui viennent se faire soigner dans des établissements publics… À la manœuvre, deux groupuscules : « March …