France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further diminishing French influence in West Africa.

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

With demand shrinking at home, Chinese cement giants, including West China Cement and Huaxin, are aggressively expanding into ...

At the Berlin symposium marking the 140th anniversary of the Berlin Conference on Africa, Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey emphasized the need for a "sincere" dialogue between Africa and Europe ...

African governments are changing the rules of the mining game in order to collect a higher share of the profit. Although they ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Trump administration's decision to suspend American aid to foreign countries for 90 days has caught many African governments off guard. In the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), ...

CEOs of gold mining companies have noted that Mali's new mining code will require adjustments to encourage gold companies to ...

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said the community would keep its doors open to any state that chooses to ...

Some of the West African nations who asked to leave the Economic Community of West African States after recent military takeovers ...

Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent.