A recent law passed by the West African country of Benin grants citizenship to anyone who can show they are descended from ...

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

Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the ...

South Africa exports mainly raw materials and minerals to China while importing manufactured and capital goods, running a ...

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

Twenty-nine managers from The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone received hands-on training this month to ...

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

The meeting is being attended by top officials from ICAO, NSIB, and other aviation bodies, and is expected to chart a new ...

Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down to 5.0% this year from 5.1% last year, the bloc's regional development bank ...

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 ...

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

Robert Kincaid Jr had been travelling back from West Africa where he was working on an oil rig when he went missing in Paris. | UTV News ...