West Africa

The Chairman of ECOWAS and Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, disclosed this to journalists after he met behind closed doors with...

Food insecurity reached a 10-year high in West and Central Africa, affecting 47.2 million people during the June-August lean season.

Mr Bio’s victory in the first round of Sierra Leone's election, by securing higher than the 55 per cent needed...

President Bio of Sierra Leone secured victory by polling over 56 per cent of the votes to avoid a run-off...

The ESCL said it had so far tallied about 60 per cent of the total votes cast in Saturday's election.

Extreme positions taken by all sides of the political spectrum make resolving the crisis more difficult.

Can the country balance an expanding mining sector with protecting its remaining forests and farming-dependent economy?

Despite some positive steps, a return to constitutional order and civilian rule is still a long way off.

With less than two months to go, the main political parties still have not agreed on the electoral rules.

The region is not far from the border with Mali, an area overrun by fighters linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS,...

The witness told the court that he got to know Mr Massaquoi in Lofa when the RUF soldiers entered Liberia.

The official said although the US had no preferred candidate in the election, it would back Nigeria to achieve a...

EBID will use the three-and-a-half-year facility to provide direct financing to local corporates.

Despite police assurances of progress and two arrests, nobody has been tried or convicted of the journalist’s murder.

Ghana is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation, amid a currency crisis that has worsened the nation’s fiscal...

Mr Ofori-Atta is also accused of making unconstitutional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund supposedly for the construction of the President's...

Burkina Faso Army Captain Ibrahim Traore announced Friday night that President Damiba was ousted.

ECOWAS said it found the new coup inappropriate at a time when progress had been made in ensuring an orderly...

He said a group of officers had decided to remove Mr Damiba due to his inability to deal with a...

Residents of Burkina Faso were woken on 30 September, 2022 by weapons fired in various camps in the capital.

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle will prevent them entering Westminster Hall while seven MPs and peers remain sanctioned by Beijing, a...

Tax breaks in Mali and weak import procedures in the UAE fuel the multi-billion dollar illicit trade.

One year on, security problems and political clashes prevent agreement on Chad’s inclusive national dialogue.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday said it will immediately lift economic and financial sanctions placed...