Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has announced he will seek a fourth term in office, a move critics fear signals a return to authoritarian-style leadership in a region already grappling with ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment ...

A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman faces decades behind bars after prosecutors say she fled a traffic stop, led police on a chase, ...

"He's a very hard worker ... just trying to get a better life, like everybody else in the land of opportunities," the ...

The West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire has agreed to host one of the region's biggest fisheries research and innovation ...

France Withdraws from Senegal; Hands Over Last Two Bases in West Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G France has officially ended ...

A NEW initiative uses artificial intelligence and data science to help transform food production in West Africa, where ...

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

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.

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are ...