We think of human rights abuses as wartime atrocities, but sometimes they involve what family members do to the people they ...

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

The synthetic drug kush, first seen in Sierra Leone in 2022, has now spread into much of West Africa while also evolving into ...

West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) convenes strategic communications workshop to fortify regional Lassa fever response ...

M usical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious ...

Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi on Thursday outlined plans for deeper ties between his country and Africa, as New Delhi ...

For all the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in West Africa, the reality has remained underwhelming. Trade among ECOWAS member states still lags just below 10%. In an era ...

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Prosecutors accused Koffi Taregue of receiving wire transfers from the Ivory Coast to purchase firearms at Cleveland-area gun ...

Senegal’s Minister of National Education, Moustapha Mamba Guirassy, has urged West African countries and Africa as a whole, ...

By: Bolade Adeyemi In an atmosphere charged with both urgency and optimism, the West Africa Economic Summit 2025 convened on ...

The African opportunity is being taken up by a relatively few Western companies. That has left a vacuum being filled by China ...