Introduction Coastal West Africa has historically ranked low ... selected five coastal West African states—Benin, Ghana, Guinea, ... Rural poverty is driving migration to urban areas and, to a ...

Noah Kofi KARLEY, FLOODING AND PHYSICAL PLANNING IN URBAN AREAS IN WEST AFRICA:, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 4, No. 4 (13) (November 2009), pp. 25-41 ...

Here, as elsewhere in West Africa, one of the first questions visiting Westerners are asked is: "Can you get me a visa?" And one way or another, many do succeed in going, like Billy. 'Stay here' Billy ...

Africa’s cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate. A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Sahel and West Africa Club says the urban ...

Guinea's mineral wealth makes it potentially one of continent's richest countries, but its people are among the poorest in West Africa. Experiments with socialism and a two-year rule by junta have ...

Radisson Hotel Group has expanded its presence in West Africa with the opening of Radisson Blu Hotel, Conakry, situated in the capital of Guinea. Located in the Kipé neighbourhood, this ...

Less than 10% of urban areas have access to sewage services, and 20-30% of mangroves have been lost to degradation and destruction in the last quarter century alone. The West Africa Coastal Areas ...