Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames migration trends and conflict for creating a "perfect storm" of mass displacement.

A demand for a restoration of democracy echoed calls by the United States and France, major security allies of Niger. By Declan Walsh Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya West African leaders on Sunday ...

The Gulf states’ appeal to Africa is three-fold. First, they have money to spend when others are pulling back. In the 2020s annual new Chinese lending to Africa is on average 10% of what it was ...

Representatives from ten West and Central African nations have convened in Accra for the 9th Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI), reaffirming their joint commitment to promoting ...

Cape Verde is the largest of the African island nations. It is an archipelago located in the central Atlantic Ocean , approximately 350 miles (570 km) off the coast of West Africa.

Unusually intense seasonal rains have drenched swathes of West and Central Africa since June, unleashing deadly floods that have affected millions and submerged farmland in 19 countries.

Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa's Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, with music and cultural displays, to condemn what they called the West's ...

That could stop terrorism from expanding, but given the regional nature of the threat and West Africa’s multi-dimensional security crises, ECOWAS and AES must try to work together. In March 2024, the ...

Analysis - A new discovery of an ancient farming society at Oued Beht in Morocco fills a centuries-old gap in history. It reveals that, 5,000 years ago, the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was far ...

The RCG4-WCA enables all major regional actors involved in the development of education in WCA to come together to define and coordinate collective strategies and joint actions in advocacy, ...

Analysis - Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation.