West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Nigeria eyes raising infrastructure gap from 35% to 70% of GDP
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima says that the National Integrated Infrastructure Masterplan 2020-2043 remains Nigeria’s blueprint and a compass to...
Read moreDetailsNigeria to export first gasoline cargo to Asia from Dangote refinery, source says
A 90,000 metric ton cargo of gasoline from Nigeria's Dangote refinery will be sold out of the region for the...
Read moreDetailsNigeria calls for cessation of hostilities between, Israel, Iran
The Nigerian Government has condemned Israel’s preemptive military strike on Iran, which has triggered a dangerous escalation of hostilities between...
Read moreDetailsTogo suspends RFI and France 24 for three months, communications authority says
Togo has suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24 for three months, its communications authority...
Read moreDetailsSenegal delays publication of quarterly budget execution reports
Senegal has postponed until June 23 the publication of its budget execution reports for the last two quarters, the finance...
Read moreDetailsMali starts construction of Russia-backed gold refinery
Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country's military leader said would...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Dangote refinery to supply fuel directly, challenging local traders
The Dangote Oil Refinery will in August directly begin supplying fuel to retail stations, manufacturers, telecoms firms, and other large...
Read moreDetailsNiger targets terrorist financing, kills 13 in illegal gold mine raids
Niger's army has raided terrorist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing...
Read moreDetailsProtesters gather in Ivory Coast, demand Thiam’s return on electoral list
Thousands of protesters gathered in Ivory Coast's capital, Abidjan, on Saturday to demand the reinstatement on the electoral list of...
Read moreDetailsNigerian President Tinubu’s pardon of ‘Ogoni Nine’ draws ethnic group’s rejection
Nigeria's Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed three decades ago by a military dictatorship,...
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