Before petroleum was discovered in the late 1950s, the country was considered one of the poorest nations in the world.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) The stability of North Africa has long been a subject of concern for regional and global powers. Encompassing key nations such as Egypt, Libya, Tunisia ...

West Africa’s regional bloc, known as ECOWAS, is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit the group, forming their own alliance and weakening the bloc’s ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The EU, Algeria and Tunisia want to build a subsea pipeline to export green hydrogen to the bloc by 2030 but the numbers ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) collectively spent $220.6 billion on defense in 2024, amounting to about 9.5 percent ...

Dars or ‘lesson’– which was described by the United Nations as a “learning lifeline” for children in Afghanistan – to the ...