The junta leaders of the three countries are seeking greater popular support after they deposed democratically elected ...

This could involve a graveyard-like stability where a single soldier-king ruled for an entire generation (like Burkina Faso), or constant turmoil as one junta gave way to another (like Nigeria).

In the central part of Mali, militants of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization attacked a convoy of Russian mercenaries from ...

In Africa, the continent with the highest incidence of malaria, natural remedies made from tropical plants and tree leaves have been used for centuries to treat the disease.