West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Inside an African lab that helped crack the hantavirus outbreak
The call for help came in early May: a cruise ship off Cape Verde was stranded, with passengers suspected of...
Read moreDetailsInfographic: Top 10 African Nations With The Lowest Diesel Prices In March 2026
The economic impact of diesel prices in Africa is significant, as these prices influence various sectors and contribute to the...
Read moreDetailsBenin’s Talon bids farewell ahead of Wadagni inauguration, Sunday
Ten years after taking office, outgoing Beninese President Patrice Talon on Thursday delivered a farewell message to the nation ahead...
Read moreDetailsNigeria busts meth cartel in largest seizure, arrests kingpin
Nigeria's anti-drug agency said it had dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure of its kind in the country,...
Read moreDetailsSierra Leone receives first group of West African deportees from US
A plane transporting nine West Africans deported by the Trump administration arrived in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, part of Washington's...
Read moreDetailsNigeria arrests ex-power minister Mamman after 75-year graft sentence
Nigeria's anti-graft agency has arrested former power minister Saleh Mamman, days after a court sentenced him in absentia to 75 years in...
Read moreDetailsGhana seeks to buy 30% of gold from miners to boost reserves, central bank
Ghana has asked large-scale gold miners to sell 30% of annual output to the central bank as part of a...
Read moreDetailsSierra Leone to take in hundreds of West Africans deported by US, minister says
Sierra Leone has agreed to take in hundreds of West African migrants who are being deported by the United States,...
Read moreDetailsISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces, presidents say
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian...
Read moreDetailsAgriculture in Africa: science and research cannot have an impact without investments and good policies
As Africa faces the defining challenge of the 21st century – feeding its population without destroying the planet – it...
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