Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...

A priest in the Awka Diocese in Nigeria has encouraged journalists to expose Christian persecution, which is at its highest ...

A vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea contained 19 badly decomposed bodies, at least some from Mali, authorities in the ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only be marvelled at through old photographs.

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

It’s tempting to overcompensate for the absence of Black history by teaching only perfect, pristine, and pure histories.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed claims that candidates of 2024 West African Senior School ...

ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is down -538 (-4.58%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is down -342 (-3.72%). Cocoa prices ...

A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced two former allies of President Patrice Talon to 20 years in jail on charges of ...

The contrast has to do with the country’s evolving stature both in Africa and the West, where officials have long admired ...

As we look ahead to 2025, the future of payments looks increasingly digital, flexible and driven by consumer choice. Contactless payments are giving consumers and merchants more ways to transact; ...