West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Senegal finance ministry rejects trade minister’s comments on restructuring
Senegal's ministry of economy, finance and planning on Tuesday issued a statement rejecting comments made two days earlier by Trade Minister Serigne...
Read moreDetailsAttack kills 20 in Nigeria’s central Plateau attack
Police in Nigeria's central Plateau state said on Tuesday that 20 people had been killed in a weekend attack on...
Read moreDetailsSenegal trade minister says government ready to restructure if necessary
Senegal's minister of industry and trade, Serigne Gueye Diop, speaking on state TV late on Sunday, signalled that the country...
Read moreDetailsAfrican, Caribbean states back slavery reparations plan at Ghana meeting
African and Caribbean nations on Friday demanded formal apologies from countries that benefited from transatlantic slavery, as well as debt...
Read moreDetailsGunfire erupts near airport in Niger’s capital
Gunfire erupted early on Thursday at the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, residents told AFP, several months after a major jihadist...
Read moreDetailsChina’s African tariff removals, trade surge spur yuan adoption
Surging Chinese trade with Africa and lifting of tariffs for most countries on the continent look set to boost yuan...
Read moreDetailsAs IMF visits Senegal, more investors view default as inevitable
Despite investors' growing conviction that Senegal will default on its debts, the country's leaders remain reluctant to restructure, two people...
Read moreDetailsNigeria puts hundreds more people on trial in crackdown on militancy
Nigeria has put hundreds more suspected Islamist militants on trial in its latest round of mass prosecutions, as authorities step up...
Read moreDetailsSchooling is the most severely affected by conflict when children are the target – Study
If children are not going to school in the first place, it is often because families do not feel it...
Read moreDetailsSenegal’s Sonko softens tone on debt restructuring as IMF talks due
Senegal's ousted prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, softened his tone on debt restructuring in an interview broadcast on Monday, saying he...
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