Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

Both women are targeting the luxury market. Unlike informally produced ogogoro, which is cheap and has not quite shed its ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Liberia, a West African nation bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire, was ravaged by a conflict that displaced ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger's capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...