West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

West African gold explorer Many Peaks Minerals has made a very strong start to 2025 thanks to exploration success in Cote d’Ivoire.

Each night, throughout Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, families gather, neighbors share food freely and communities come ...

A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in this ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

Abdourahamane Tchiani, an army veteran, was also elevated to the country’s highest military rank and signed a decree ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Togo is signalling a potential realignment in West African geopolitics as it openly explores joining the Alliance of Sahel ...

Israeli drone strike kills a child in Shujayea, as UN documents 54 attacks on West Bank health centres since January. Updates: Arab leaders to work with US’s Witkoff on Gaza reconstruction plan ...