Architect Carole Diop leads a tour of Dakar’s historical buildings, to highlight the danger to the architectural treasures now endangered by the Senegalese capital's growing appetite for construction.

Khaby Lame, the world’s most followed TikToker, has been announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment of the ...

Architect Carole Diop, who leads tours to showcase the city's historic gems, warns of the mounting dangers. "With a square meter costing nearly 3,000 euros, historic buildings are worth less than the ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only be marvelled at through old photographs.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has carried out improvements at the Ginddi Orphanage and ...

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

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Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions ...

Senegal plans to remove French colonial-era street names, 65 years after achieving independence. About 60% of Dakar’s streets ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against the backdrop of gunfire and explosions. Electricity, water and internet ...