West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing challenges for the region.

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa.Meanwhile the army has turned its base ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa.

Protected areas are crucial for wildlife conservation, but many are under unprecedented pressure associated with exponential human population growth in West Africa. In Togo, two national parks ...

Justifying the need for the summit, President Tinubu said matter-of-factly, “West Africa is one of the last great frontiers of economic growth. Yet opportunity alone does not guarantee ...

Gold mining firm Blue Gold said on Monday it was evaluating acquisition opportunities in West Africa and Latin America following a successful Nasdaq listing last week through a merger with blank ...

United Capital Plc has launched its West African subsidiary, United Capital Asset Management West Africa Limited (UCAMWAL) with the unveiling of two CFA franc-denominated mutual funds.

West Africa is particularly affected by this rise, where cancer control systems are woefully inadequate to meet the increasing needs of patients. Although many gaps exist across the continuum of ...

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy mass hit North America a week later.

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.

This paper employs various empirical methods to test the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis in West and Central Africa, considering countries within the WAEMU, CEMAC, CFA, and ECOWAS currency ...