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

Nigeria’s power sector is feeling the squeeze as unpaid electricity debts from neighboring West African nations mount, ...

Four poultry farms in each of these West African countries have been hit byhighly pathogenic avian influenza in recent weeks.

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

Digital payments gateway Peach Payments has agreed to acquire West-African payment platform PayDunya. This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views ...

A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

The Alliance of Sahel States is redefining West African trade, but at what cost? Rahaman Abiola, a 2025 Free Trade Fellow ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), has introduced a 0.5 percent levy on imported goods from several West African countries, ...

On 8 January 2025, members of the violent extremist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims attacked a fortified position of the anti-terrorist Operation Mirador in northern Benin. Media ...

Togo faces a financial gap of 2.1 billion FCFA (West African CFA franc) for 2025, with 1.6 billion FCFA needed for antiretroviral medications and reagents. Increase the state budget line for health ...