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

At a time when the global order is fracturing, African countries have emerged as champions of a more inclusive ...

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

The project in Senegal has been touted by the developer as the first solar PV facility in West Africa combined with battery storage ...

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

Niger has opened an investigation into whether a rare Mars rock was smuggled out of the country before it sold for £3.2m at a ...

The ENABLE 1.5 Lassa Research Programme has continued in West Africa to address gaps in knowledge on Lassa fever, its connection with malaria, and community readiness for forthcoming vaccines.The ...

A Nigerian startup, Ubenwa Health, is using AI to analyse baby cries for birth asphyxia detection with 96 per cent accuracy ...

A recent military takeover in Niger has thrown into uncertainty the future of France’s presence in West and Central Africa, raising doubts about the future of U.S. military involvement there, too.

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 ...

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.