Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down ...

President Donald Trump has promised West African leaders a shift from aid to trade during a White House meeting. On Wednesday ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump was hosting West African leaders in Washington, where he praised the English of President of Liberia ...

Trump discussed migration with the leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon, including the need for ...

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

General Assimi Goïta, Mali's junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate -- renewable indefinitely and without election -- sparking widespread ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese navy intercepted 201 West African migrants in the western part of the country, authorities said Wednesday, as the Atlantic Ocean crossing continues to be the most ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

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