West Africa

ECOWAS assigns Senegalese President as Envoy to Reunite Fractured Region

On Sunday, the split regional bloc of West Africa encouraged Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to interact with the three…

July 8, 2024

U.S. Troop Withdrawals from Niger and Chad: Implications for West African Security

Strategically Changing West Africa Arriving in Botswana on Monday, General CQ Brown, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, found himself…

June 25, 2024

NEWS: Critical Warnings of Increasing Food Crisis in West Africa

Food crisis in Africa particularly the west African region, there are many reasons for this crisis such as insurgency, lockdown,…

December 4, 2020

NEWS: Ex Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, others released in Mali

The troopers who took energy in Mali on August 18 before embarking on a transition supposed to carry civilians returned…

October 8, 2020

NEWS: Mali junta set the stage for lifting of ECOWAS Sanction

Mali's junta has removed a major obstacle to the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions. On Thursday it took out a major…

October 2, 2020

NEWS: Guinea begins the distribution of voting cards ahead of the elections in October

Distribution of balloting cards started on Saturday, in what will be one of the most watched elections in Western Africa.…

September 20, 2020

Mali: Opposition group says junta’s plan “does not reflect” views of the people

As Mali's junta tried to hash out a political roadmap with West African leaders in Ghana on Tuesday, the 18-month…

September 16, 2020

Breaking: Former Mauritania president released from police custody

The former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been released by police after a week-long questioning over his suspected…

August 25, 2020

NEWS: At least six people killed in clashes in Ivory Coast

At least six human beings have now been killed in three days of clashes in Ivory Coast as protestors took…

August 16, 2020

Nigeria: Presidency Extends Covid-19 National Response By Four Weeks

President Muhammadu Buhari has accredited the extension of the section two of the COVID-19 National Response through any other four…

August 7, 2020

NEWS: West Africa blocks calls for reconciliation in Mali, warns of sanctions

West African leaders on Monday referred to as for the swift advent of a cohesion government in Mali and a…

July 28, 2020

Death, destruction as landslide ravages parts of Ivory Coast

A landslide on the outskirts of Ivory Coast’s largest city Thursday killed at least 13 people after heavy rains swept…

June 19, 2020

Famine ravages Burkina Faso as farmers call for help

The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso has been hard hit by drought and desertification. Just east of capital…

June 16, 2020

Terrorist attack in northern Ivory Coast kills 10 soldiers – govt

Gunmen have attacked a security post in northern Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, killing at least 10…

June 12, 2020

Business: Stock Exchanges in Ghana and Nigeria set to deepen West African capital markets

The economy of Nigeria – the most populous country in Africa, with more than 200 million inhabitants – was transformed…

June 3, 2020

Education: The Cost Of Reopening Our Schools In The Pandemic

The outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic which led to lockdowns, emergency health and food crisis, loss of lives amongst other…

May 30, 2020

Mosques reopen across West Africa despite virus spread

It’s been a Ramadan unlike any other for Abdourahmane Sall, far from the mosque during the Muslim holy month as…

May 17, 2020

Fire destroys Malian displaced camp

Displaced Malians were forced to flee as a fire tore through their makeshift camp in the capital Bamako, destroying tents…

April 29, 2020

Health: Mauritania records first coronavirus case

The Ministry of health in Mauritania has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the West African country in a…

March 14, 2020

Cameroon has ‘Window of Opportunity’ to Solve Crises – UN

The country needs a rapid and deep-rooted effort to tackle the violence that has spilled over the border from Nigeria,…

May 8, 2019

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