nited States security engagements in West Africa cannot be understood without consideration of regional geopolitical challenges spanning political instability, climate change, humanitarian and food ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policies in coastal West Africa—and sub-Saharan Africa more broadly—have focused primarily on humanitarian goals such as mitigating conflict, promoting ...

A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

Africa’s current conflicts haven’t prompted the outpouring of sympathy in the West that accompanied ... ignited by Israel’s war in Gaza. There has been no equivalent to the Live Aid concerts ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Chatham House convening and research focuses on social norms and anti-corruption programming in Nigeria; cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; ...

Concerning the trade on this Coast, we notified your Highness that nowadays the natives no ... West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes ...

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa ... The Aro War in Nigeria ...

All over France you can find memorials and statues erected to remember the contributions made by French officers and soldiers in World War One ... in North Africa and West Africa to fight and ...