West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Nigeria’s Dangote says will prioritise domestic fuel market
Nigeria's Dangote mega-refinery pledged on Monday to prioritise the domestic market to help prevent fuel shortages and limit the impact...
Read moreDetailsSenegal divided over former president Macky Sall’s candidacy for UN chief
Macky Sall to succeed United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres? Not everyone in Senegal likes the idea. Victims of the...
Read moreDetailsCocoa crash leaves West African farmers struggling despite global chocolate demand
There is something quietly devastating about watching food rot. For cocoa farmers in parts of Ghana and Ivory Coast, that...
Read moreDetailsGhana to introduce new gold royalty regime on Tuesday despite opposition, regulator says
Ghana will press ahead on Tuesday with a new sliding‑scale gold royalty regime that links state revenues to rising bullion...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s junta dissolves 40 political parties with late-night decree
Guinea has dissolved 40 political parties, including its three main opposition groups, via a late-night decree, in the latest crackdown...
Read moreDetailsGhana peacekeeping battalion hit by missile attacks in Lebanon, Ghana army says
The headquarters of Ghana's United Nations peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks on Friday, leaving two soldiers...
Read moreDetailsMurtala Ramat Mohammed (1938–1976): Military officer and former President of Nigeria
Mohammed's image remains present in the Nigerian collective memory through several landmarks. The main airport in Lagos, Murtala Mohammed International Airport,...
Read moreDetailsAhmed Sékou Touré (1922–1984): Revolutionary and First President of Guinea
The legacy of Sékou Touré remains a subject of sharp division in historical interpretations: the liberationist perspective viewed him as...
Read moreDetailsChina, US pressure Ghana to halt gold royalty hike, document, sources say
China, the U.S. and other Western governments have mounted an unusually coordinated push to get Ghana to halt a gold...
Read moreDetailsMundang people of Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria
The Mundang people are one of the main ethnic groups inhabiting the border regions between Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria. Historically,...
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