Nigeria has continued to offer the cheapest electricity tariffs in West Africa, even as it shoulders a growing subsidy burden ...

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ghana – the first by an Indian leader in more than three decades – put resources, trade, and security cooperation at the center of a renewed ...

Cocoa futures (CC1:COM) posted their biggest gain since December as concerns grew over weaker crop projections from West ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25) today is down -70 (-0.80%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25) is up +68 (+1.18%). NY ...

Much of West Africa, home to the world’s top cocoa producers, is heading into another disappointing harvest. Despite better ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are ...

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong ...

While the system does not pose an immediate threat to Louisiana, forecasters with the local National Weather Service office ...

Africa Corps is also is recruiting in Russia, offering payments of up to 2.1 million rubles ($26,500), and even plots of land, for signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense, plus more on ...

Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Senegal. She joined The Times in 2019 after three and a half years covering West Africa for The Guardian.

"Since the 1990s there has been a wave of democracy across West Africa. But that democracy has failed the people," said Tankoano, a civil society leader, at his home outside the capital Ouagadougou.