West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Senegal denies secret €650M borrowing allegations
Debt-laden Senegal has denied a report in the Financial Times that it covertly borrowed 650 million euros ($754 million) to...
Read moreDetailsGhana’s president, in New York, says US is ‘normalizing’ the erasure of Black history
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, speaking in New York on Tuesday, criticized the U.S. administration for what he described as...
Read moreDetailsNigeria to launch trade platform at ports as part of reform push
Nigeria will launch a key digital platform on Friday to streamline imports and exports in a "game changer" for trade...
Read moreDetailsAfrica’s I0 Most Socially Progressive Nations in 2026
Africa’s social progress in 2026 shows steady gains in basic services, such as education and healthcare, but deep gaps remain....
Read moreDetailsGhana leads UN effort to acknowledge slave trade as crime against humanity
Ghana is calling for global support at the United Nations for a draft resolution that would recognise the transatlantic slave...
Read moreDetailsDangote refinery says begun fuel exports in Africa
Nigeria's Dangote mega-refinery says it has begun exporting fuel to other African countries after global oil prices soared due to...
Read moreDetailsTerrorist prisoners release secures fuel convoy truce in Mali
More than 100 suspected terrorists have been freed in Mali under a deal to halt attacks on fuel convoys that...
Read moreDetailsFrom coffee beans to forests: Rebuilding forests in São Tomé and Príncipe
In São Tomé and Príncipe, a new generation of cocoa producers is at the forefront of restoring degraded ecosystems and...
Read moreDetailsGuinea cracks down on suspected JNIM networks
Guinean authorities have dismantled a suspected terrorist network linked to the Group for the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), arresting...
Read moreDetailsTrio of African countries eyeing debt-for-nature swaps, Nature Conservancy says
The Nature Conservancy, a U.S.-headquartered global environment group, is in talks with three African nations to seal debt swaps worth...
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