West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Senegal distributes aid as global economic crisis hits
President Macky Sall has announced "emergency" cash transfers to more than half a million Senegalese households to help them cope...
Read moreDetailsBurkina search teams hope to reach eight workers trapped in flooded mine
Rescue teams pumping water from a flooded Burkina Faso zinc mine in which eight workers have been trapped for almost...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s junta proposes a 39-month transition timeline, but opposition parties reject the proposal
Guinea's main opposition parties have rejected the ruling military junta's proposed 39-month democratic transition timeline, they said in a statement...
Read moreDetailsBeyond the hype of cryptocurrencies in Africa
Two things that we can all agree on in 2022 are that we have to learn to live with Covid-19...
Read moreDetailsTogo MPs pass vote to join Commonwealth
The parliament in Togo has approved a resolution last Friday asking the government to make a formal bid for membership...
Read moreDetailsGuinea: Ruling on ex-PM bail due over alleged corruption
A court in Guinea will rule Tuesday on whether a former prime minister and three ex-cabinet members charged with economic...
Read moreDetailsAl-Qaeda says Russian Wagner mercenary captured in Mali
A member of the Russian private-security firm Wagner was captured earlier this month in central Mali, al-Qaeda's Sahel branch Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s opposition to pick presidential candidate at end of May
Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday it will choose a presidential candidate at the end of May...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s 2023 Election and the Dilemma of a Vice President
Nigeria’s Vice President (VP), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (PYO) has declared his intention to join the 2023 presidential race. PYO has...
Read moreDetailsDrogba failed in Ivory Coast federation presidential bid, Idriss Diallo elected
Didier Drogba failed to become president of Ivory Coast's football federation (FIF) as Saturday's long-delayed elections were won by Yacine...
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