Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep sadness at the passing of former Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, ...

West African cocoa production, which has faced two successive below-average harvests, is likely to see another 10% decline in ...

The U.N.'s food agency says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and ...

South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

Demand for coffee is growing globally - but despite much of it being grown on the continent, very little is roasted locally ...

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) said Friday it was granted environmental authorization to drill as many as five deepwater wells in the ...

The White House hosted an “African leaders” summit of sorts this week. But only five countries from the continent of more ...