JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The insecurity plaguing West Africa is no longer France's concern, its state minister for ties with Francophone countries and international partnerships said on Friday, a ...

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 ...

“Across West Africa, abattoirs and dumpsites are well-known harvesting sites for vultures,” says Darcy Ogada, a Nairobi-based program director for The Peregrine Fund, a conservation group.