A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d'état. While the event reshaped Mali's domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a ...

West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), experts and policymakers made one message clear: the future of intra-regional trade ...

West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) in Abuja, leaders looked to the past for lessons, and to the future for bold reforms ...

US President Donald Trump ’s meeting next week with African leaders from several seemingly disparate countries is focused on ...

The synthetic drug kush, first seen in Sierra Leone in 2022, has now spread into much of West Africa while also evolving into ...

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Billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet system has become an increasingly common tool for armed groups to communicate in ...

In Gold Fields' Tarkwa mine in Ghana, a high-tech cat-and-mouse game is playing out with increasing frequency as record gold ...

NiMet and ECOWAS have agreed to collaborate on improving disaster preparedness and early warning systems across West Africa.