West Africa

Nigeria’s police could not account for thousands of firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, an audit report published by the auditor...

Thousands of Malians have taken to the streets of the capital, Bamako, to protest against what they see as foreign...

By David Richard Walwyn* The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and...

Cambridge University will on Wednesday become the first British institution to return a Benin Bronze to the Nigerian authorities. Jesus...

The reaction of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari after the Taliban victory in Afghan summed up the feelings of Africa...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a controversial figure in Malian history, was born January 29, 1945, in the southern Malian city of...

By Doyin Odubanjo*, Christian Happi*, Folasade Ogunsola*, & Oyewale Tomori* The Conversation Africa recently held its first policy dialogue session where seasoned academics in...

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...

In recent years Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, has become Africa’s most attractive tech hub for investors. But that could be...

By Eleanor Scerri* Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as...