While most gut microbiome research focuses on high-income countries, a groundbreaking study led by two ... while rural communities, particularly in West Africa, maintained a richer microbial diversity ...

The reverse of the struggle for Africa is currently unfolding due to the decision of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to sack western companies and close down military bases in their countries ...

Russia will deploy telecommunications and remote-sensing satellites over three West African countries led by military juntas that had already cut ties with American and European allies and turned ...

Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, is host to a number of foreign forces. Those numbers have increased over the past two years following coups in ...

The Accra Initiative of seven West African countries is meeting in the Ghanaian capital Thursday to discuss ways of preventing the spillover of terrorism from the Sahel region. Islamist militants ...

Delegates and observers at a meeting of the bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, last weekend after the three countries had announced their withdrawal.

Thirteen countries across Africa experienced Internet outages on Thursday due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables. Some countries, including Ghana and Nigeria, are still suffering from ...

While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual ...

Africa has long been plagued by poverty, insecurity and instability, all of which has led to most African countries being counted among the poorest countries in the world. While there are various ...

The west African bloc set a deadline of Sunday for the coup leaders in Niger to relinquish power.

Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's semi-arid Sahel region, is host to a number of foreign troops. Those numbers have increased over the past two ...

The three countries have been drawing carefully closer to one another since 2020 following a series of coups that brought military governments to power in Mali, Burkina Faso and finally Niger in ...