Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

This week on Business Africa: budgetary crisis in Senegal, industrialization under Traoré in Burkina Faso, and untapped mining potential in Nigeria. Three major challenges for the West African economy ...

In September, the Nigerian government made an important change to its food fortification program to date—a set of standards ...

The sociopolitical and economic conditions that led to coups in other countries in west Africa are present in Nigeria.

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

The advancing tide of Islamist extremism has prompted the rise of pro-government militias. The result has been a vicious ...

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

One out of four people living in Lebanon is a refugee, and the majority of children born in refugee camps are unregistered at ...

Niger republic has started imposing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with Economic Community of West African State's (ECOWAS) passports.

The Republic of Niger has introduced stringent immigration measures, effectively barring Nigerians traveling with ECOWAS ...

Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, 57, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a widely circulated opinion article entitled, ‘Foreign ...