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

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The increase in questionable cryptocurrency-related activities throughout West Africa has deeply alarmed Nigeria's Securities ...

Russia has signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Niger and fellow members of West Africa's Alliance of Sahel States, deepening Moscow's strategic footprint across the continent. The deal ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the government of Guinea-Bissau advance Phase II of assistive ...

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

By legally recognizing these children of Africa, Benin is healing a historical wound. It is an act of justice, but also one ...

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 ...

National Hurricane  Center is monitoring a tropical wave emerging off the west coast of Africa is drawing the attention of meteorologists, though development is not expected in the immediate future.

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.

Monkey Cage In West Africa, trafficking brings human suffering. But removing it can set off instability. This complicates policymaking.