For several centuries, West Africa has experienced mental, social, political and spiritual upheavals that have shaped its ...

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

Africa 's wooden sculptures epitomize the continent's rich cultural heritage and artistic prowess. Carved out of indigenous ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...

Liberia has officially joined the global spotlight at the World Expo 2025, which opened on April 13, 2025, in Osaka, Japan. The Expo, which runs until October 13, 2025, brings together 164 countries, ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' presents the work of four artists who create ensembles for masquerading societies in ...

Amid complaints of unaffordable petrol pricing among Nigerians, a report has shown that Nigeria has the cheapest petrol price in West Africa and the 13th in the world. According to ...

Adewale Adeniyi, the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says the lack of adequate digital infrastructure is hindering customs operations across West and Central Africa (WCA).

The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has approved a total of €230 million and $10 million to finance projects aimed at stimulating development and boosting ...

Ford Foundation’s Office for West Africa, through its Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice Strategy, aims to reduce gender-based violence in the region by working with traditional, religious, and ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.