West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a ...

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become "a remote-controlled political instrument" operated from Paris to suit ...

"Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxiliaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, ...

As part of measures to address food insecurity in the ECOWAS sub-region, the West Africa Food Systems Resilience Programme ...

Disputes surrounding the schedule of presidential and parliamentary elections are fueling the struggle for power and influence in Guinea-Bissau. Efforts by ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger introduce a 0.5% levy on imports to fund a new union after leaving ECOWAS. The Alliance of ...

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a "suspected pirate attack" off the coast of Ghana, authorities said over ...

Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a "suspected pirate attack" off the coast of Ghana, ...

As Nigerians join other countries to mark the World Water Day, the story from across the country is that of water shortage and the gruelling efforts put in daily to access it.Many citizens, especially ...