While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence ...

One of Africa's biggest countries has demoted French as its official language in favour of a native West African language.

So many French words have been incorporated into English that we may not even realize that we are hearing French among the ...

France was recently asked to leave Chad, and its relations in central and West Africa are increasingly weak. With Russian influence in the region spreading, Euronews asks what is next for Europe in ...

A Catholic Church-owned satellite TV channel transmitting throughout Africa, the Catholic Television Nigeria, is now ...

John Lovell, 60, is a lifelong traveler. Of all countries and cities he's visited, Salzburg, Austria is his favorite. Here's ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between ... English speakers use the words 'siesta' from Spanish and 'rendezvous' from ...

The military regime in Niger Republic has persisted in its attempts to sever connections with France as it formally ...

Algeria has announced its decision to discontinue the use of French as the primary language of instruction at universities.

Ukraine and Russia yesterday accused each other of violating an Easter truce declared by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ...

Drew said: "If you can only visit one country in Africa, let it be Tanzania. It's safe, the streets are clean, there's no scams here, everyone's super nice, they speak English, you will absolutely ...

As scholars of African politics ... Legislatures closely mirror the languages spoken by citizens in their countries. In some countries the overlap is very high. In Lesotho, for example, almost ...