The three Sahelian states' split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

A new chapter of regional collaboration is taking shape in West Africa as the African Development Bank and the Council of the Entente explore closer ties to accelerate integration and sustainable ...

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave ... the Central African Republic to register 1.8 million new voters. Electoral officials are criss-crossing the ...

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. In a letter seen by the ...

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...

While South Africa is ... the emergence of new powers on the international stage means that African countries now have more diplomatic options than before. In doing so, the West ought to take ...

Unlike eastern and central Africa, March is relatively dry in this West African country with 80km of stunning forested coastline, which turns into a wiggling maze of rivers as you delve further ...