Congo's antique maps put a museum and a mining company at odds Posted: March 5, 2026 | Last updated: March 5, 2026 A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle ...

For more financial news, visit News24 Business. A US mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and ‌Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should ⁠digitise antique maps ...

On Tuesday (Feb. 24), punk and rock icon Kid Congo joined Loudwire Nights to dive into his latest projects and what's on the horizon. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this ...

More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today and at least 3,000 of them, or 40 percent, are endangered. English is the most widely spoken language, with approximately 1.5 billion ...

General Amadou Ibro, the private Chief of Staff to junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani, claimed on Wednesday 11 February that France was preparing to “wage war on Niger”. Speaking at a youth ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A Cole County judge heard arguments in a trial Monday that examined the differences between the Missouri congressional districts first drawn from 2020 census data and new district ...

Islamic State Sahel Province fighters shown in a 2019 video released by the jihadist group. In a short statement released online via its Amaq News Agency propaganda outlet, the Islamic State took ...

The continent-yes, Africa is a continent and not a country-is far from a monolith.

According to Niger government officials, the country is "completely and permanently prohibiting the issuance of visas to all U.S. citizens." A growing diplomatic standoff is unfolding after one ...

Niger's state-owned Timersoi National Uranium Company has signed an agreement with Russian company Uranium One Group to cooperate in uranium mining and eventually open new mines. Meanwhile, Global ...

Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new deals aimed at ending years of ...