West Africa

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko pushed on Tuesday for a draft law that would double the maximum prison term from...

Nigeria's central bank cut its monetary policy rate by 50 basis points to 26.50%, its governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said on...

The financial services industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) this week with 5.625...

Russia's SVR foreign intelligence agency has taken over mercenary group Wagner's influence operations in Africa after the death of its...

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says that a forensic audit of the...

Gambia, a predominantly Muslim West African country, filed the case at the ICJ—also known as the World Court—in 2019, accusing...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law an amended Electoral Act that critics warn may weaken safeguards ahead...

The International Monetary Fund has approved about $91 million in funding for Niger which includes support for climate resilience and...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed deepening cooperation on security, power and infrastructure in a phone...

Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side...