Three West African countries have joined forces to launch a regional investment bank with a capital of 500 billion CFA francs ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 billion CFA francs ($895 ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to join the ...

Nigeria is navigating a delicate diplomatic situation after personnel of the Nigerian Air Force were detained in Burkina Faso ...

The regional competition for emerging artists BE OPEN Regional Art, developed by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, is proud ...

Amid reports of gunfire and civilians scampering to safety in the economic capital, Cotonou, Beninese and others across the ...

Coups in Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, an attempted coup in Benin: Africa has had a turbulent 2025. Why have coups become so frequent?Two coups and one foiled coup within eight weeks constitute a new ...

RABAT, Dec 16 - Factbox on Group E at the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Morocco on Sunday: Read more at ...

Baba SB (Samuel Bolarinde), my uncle, was a teacher in Lagos. As a headmaster in a school on Lagos Island, he was an active and practising politician, a loyal Awoist, in Surulere. I remembered vividly ...

ECOWAS declares a state of emergency as coups, political crises, and insurgency threaten West Africa's stability. Millions ...

The seized Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft that made an emergency landing at Bobo-Dioulasso Airfield in Burkina Faso has continued to generate controversy, as a recent report revealed that it ...

Despite its lack of substantive resources, Russia is winning the battle for influence in the information space across huge ...