West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Gabon and Ghana join UN Security Council
The U.N. Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally...
Read moreDetailsNigeria declares bandits as terrorists
The Nigerian Government has finally designated bandits as terrorists after a court gave the order. A government gazette announcing the...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s auditor general report flags missing police firearms
Nigeria’s police could not account for thousands of firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, an audit report published by the auditor...
Read moreDetailsPro-junta protest against foreign “interference” in Mali capital
Thousands of Malians have taken to the streets of the capital, Bamako, to protest against what they see as foreign...
Read moreDetailsRwanda and Senegal will host Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine plants
By David Richard Walwyn* The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and...
Read moreDetailsLooted Benin Bronze set for handover to Nigeria
Cambridge University will on Wednesday become the first British institution to return a Benin Bronze to the Nigerian authorities. Jesus...
Read moreDetails“Fall of Kabul”: Lessons for the African Sahel
The reaction of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari after the Taliban victory in Afghan summed up the feelings of Africa...
Read moreDetailsIbrahim Boubacar Keita, a controversial figure in Malian history?
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a controversial figure in Malian history, was born January 29, 1945, in the southern Malian city of...
Read moreDetailsNigerian academics weigh in on the faults and frustrations of managing COVID-19
By Doyin Odubanjo*, Christian Happi*, Folasade Ogunsola*, & Oyewale Tomori* The Conversation Africa recently held its first policy dialogue session where seasoned academics in...
Read moreDetailsA long view sheds fresh light on the history of the Yoruba people in West Africa
By Akinwumi Ogundiran* The Yoruba are among the most storied groups in Africa. Their ancestral homeland cuts across present-day southwest Nigeria, Benin Republic and Togo...
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