The town's mayor slammed the rebel group for having "no respect for human life" after scorching nearly 700 hundred homes to ...

The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December ...

Local officials in Central African Republic say that nine people have been killed and more than 700 houses burned down.

“West and Central Africa remain heavily dependent on imports ... and Niger, millions of people now benefit from national social protection programmes supported by UNICEF and WFP.

Despite being rich in mineral resources, the Central African Republic (CAR ... What followed was a three-year violent conflict which displaced one in four people, over 630,000 of whom fled to ...

Families and activists in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, have protested over the government’s closure of a critical unit at the main public hospital following two sudden deaths ...

Thousands of civilians, including women and children and wounded and sick people, are bearing the brunt of the conflict ...

Butterflies are abundant in the Central African Republic. It is home to nearly 600 identified species, many brilliantly colored, some as big as a saucer. Clouds of the fluttering insects often ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger’s capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...

Morocco’s central bank boss believes in a strong dirham The governor of the Moroccan central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, weathered the turmoil of the 1980s. This experience and his longevity are assets ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades. Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the ...