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

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African ...

Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by ...

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 ...

Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to a law passed under the former president that granted amnesty for offences committed during deadly opposition protests in the West African country.

Vance’s populist backlash is a gesture at a larger, uncomfortable reality: the US-led project of global liberalisation did ...

Libyan authorities ordered 10 international aid organizations to suspend operations and close offices in the country, ...

Trump initially proposed Egypt and Jordan as destinations, but both countries have strongly rejected the idea. Some African countries ... a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...

The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, ...