The insecurity plaguing West Africa is no longer France's concern, its state minister for ties with Francophone countries and ...

France's posture and tone toward its military ties to West Africa have pivoted from unrelenting to resigned in the first seven months of 2025. This was underscored by a recent comment from a French ...

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch joins State Department in warning about Iran's expanding influence in Africa ...

The French military has completed its withdrawal from Senegal, its last West African country with a permanent troop presence, ...

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing ...

Nigeria has partnered with S&P Global Commodity Insights to develop a regional pricing benchmark for refined petroleum ...

Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down ...

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising ...

A recent military takeover in Niger has thrown into uncertainty the future of France’s presence in West and Central Africa, raising doubts about the future of U.S. military involvement there, too.

Demand for coffee is growing globally - but despite much of it being grown on the continent, very little is roasted locally to be sold and drunk there. West African Entrepreneur Hadi Beydoun wants to ...

Currently, Ghana is the number one gold producer, number three manganese producer and number three bauxite producer in Africa ...

The meeting follows U.S. aid cuts and the recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.