The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has quietly built a functioning state-like economy across the Lake Chad region ...

Ghana finds itself in a troubling economic cycle--where prices of goods and services continue to rise, often without justification or regulatory oversight. While global and local economic dynamics do ...

The statistics agency recalculated the value of GDP based on production patterns in 2019, and gave some sectors a bigger ...

It's now positioning itself as a counterweight to the G7 and the West amid increasing geopolitical tensions globally. Putin recently weighed in on the structure of the group.

Ninety minutes couldn’t separate the Elephants and the Lions of Teranga. On 30 January 2024, a packed Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro hosted a dream Round of 16 clash in the Africa Cup of ...

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 ...

The West’s entire effort in this regard contradicts the normal rules of diplomacy, which prescribe actions to improve a bilateral relationship, and whereby one seeks to cultivate a good image in ...

I believe the key factors that could aid the establishment of a jihadist state in the Sahel region of west Africa include mutually reinforcing issues such as population explosion, failure of ...

Let us not forget that in 2024, West Africa exported goods valued at over $166 billion. “Yet only 8.6 percent of that trade remained within our borders.

Intra-regional trade remains under 10%—a challenge we can no longer afford to ignore. The low trade is not due to a failure of will but a coordination failure. The global economy will not wait ...

The number of unemployed state residents rose 400 to 33,100 in West Virginia, according to the most recent state figures. State figures show 48,000 job openings in West Virginia.