West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Understanding Trump’s Christian Genocide Claim and Military Threat: What It Means for Nigeria-U.S. Relations
Nigeria, which has 200 ethnic groups practicing Christianity, Islam, and traditional religions, has a long history of peaceful coexistence. But...
Read moreDetailsGambia takes in Cameroon opposition leader after election-linked protests
Gambia said it was temporarily hosting Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary on humanitarian grounds following a contested presidential election...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau holds close vote, Embalo seeks rare second term
Polls opened on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo trying to become the first...
Read moreDetailsNigeria shuts some schools in Kwara state after church attack
Nigerian authorities have shut schools in five districts in central Kwara state, fearing they could be targets of armed gangs...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau’s Embalo faces tough re-election bid after unstable first term
Incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo faces surprisingly strong competition in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election on Sunday, a contest unfolding against the backdrop of a...
Read moreDetailsNigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism
A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a...
Read moreDetailsJNIM terrorists kill at least 10 soldiers in Niger, sources say
Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) killed at least 10 soldiers in an attack in western...
Read moreDetailsRussia’s Putin to meet Togo’s president in the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Togo's president, Faure Gnassingbe, in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus...
Read moreDetailsOne of 25 abducted Nigerian girls escapes captivity
One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state has escaped captivity and returned home,...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s inflation rate drops to 16% in October
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that the country’s headline inflation rate dropped further to 16.05 per cent...
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