West Africa

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and ​other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after...

Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Civil Society Organisation for Conflict Resolution in Nigeria...

Liberia ‌has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months, with an...

As campaigning for January's elections begins on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu's pitch for a second term faces a politically fraught question: are...

Senegal’s parliament has approved a law requiring the president, prime minister and speaker of parliament to declare and publish their...

Nigeria's Dangote Refinery has secured ‌a $1 billion underwriting programme for its planned stock market listing that could become Africa's largest...

The latest figures from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) show that Africa attracted more than $100bn in foreign direct investment...

Senegal has raised fuel prices in a move the government says is necessary because of the sharp rise in global...

An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025...

Ghanaian cocoa farmers are pushing back against a ‌newly passed law that restricts how they can use their own land,...