The struggle of Africa and the Middle East against foreign oppression did not end with the fall of colonial empires. Instead, ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has cautioned against the spread of fake news, disowning a group falsely claiming to represent the organisation in a widely circulated ...

Nigeria has emerged as the West African country most severely affected ... in Mali and Burkina Faso launched large-scale attacks against military forces and civilians, causing mass casualties ...