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

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

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

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, ...

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

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

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

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

The synthetic drug kush, first seen in Sierra Leone in 2022, has now spread into much of West Africa while also evolving into ...

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