West Africa

Ghana's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed local fund managers to cut back on offshore investments as it seeks...

Cheikh-Anta-Diop University in Senegal's capital has been the place of unrest since early December. Students have been protesting a lack...

Alpha Oumar Konaré is an exceptional figure in contemporary African history, a combination of the qualities of an academic, a...

Ghana and Zambia have agreed to abolish visa requirements for each other’s citizens, marking a major step toward closer regional...

The neighbouring nations want to cooperate economically by extracting LNG (liquid natural gas) from the Yoyo-Yolanda gas field, which straddles...

The career of Ghanaian physician and scientist Felix Konotey-Ahulu, who lived from 1930 to 2025, is considered one of the...

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kaiama district in the central Kwara state after suspected jihadist...

The Lagos State Assembly has stepped in to stop ongoing demolitions in the waterfront community of Makoko after protests last...

The U.S. has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for...

 Ghana's consumer inflation slowed for the 13th consecutive month to 3.8% year-on-year in January from 5.4% in December, signalling price stability...