DAKAR, Senegal -- U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” at ...

The U.N.'s food agency says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and ...

Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the ...

Demand for coffee is growing globally - but despite much of it being grown on the continent, very little is roasted locally ...

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President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts.

Analysis - August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d'état. While the event reshaped Mali's domestic politics, it also marked the ...

What's the connection between roads and conflict in West Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two.

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.

Analysis - More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam ...