West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Mali pulls out of regional G5 Sahel force
Mali is withdrawing from a multinational military group fighting an armed insurgency in West Africa's Sahel area, according to the...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s leader, others condemn student’s killing for alleged blasphemy
The killing of Miss Deborah Samuel, a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto in northern Nigeria for...
Read moreDetailsNigeria ministers with poll ambitions told to resign
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered all his ministers who wish to contest in next year's election to resign by Monday...
Read moreDetailsA Malian judge summons the French Foreign minister
A Malian judge has summoned French Foreign Minister Jean Yves le Drian, as part of an investigation into an "attack...
Read moreDetailsSenegal 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...
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