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...

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...

Senegal's recent protests have shone a light on simmering frustrations over sluggish economic activity and unemployment in the West African...

By Hakeem Onapajo* Due to growing insecurity, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the most dangerous places to live. The 2020...

On the 27th of October 2020, the Nigerian government through the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, announced her plans...

A new United Nations report warned indicates that four countries contain spots on problems of food insecurity and could potentially...

Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs critical of him...

By Adebayo Olukoshi, Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Aishu Balaji & Anita Nayar In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa,...

On Friday 4th October 2020, video clips had emerged viral on Twitter whereby, a witness claimed a young man, who...