West African leaders may lift painful economic sanctions against Mali once an interim president is inaugurated on Friday in the wake of the Aug. 18 military coup, the bloc's envoy said, praising the ...

The three military juntas, who came to power through coups, say the judicial body is 'incapable' of handling 'proven war ...

The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, even though three African countries they’ve approached have rejected ...

A planned new West African currency to replace the France-backed CFA franc this year has been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic and its launch could now be up to five years away, Ivory Coast's ...

Ghana has become the latest African country to accept third-country nationals deported by the U.S. This controversial ...

Women and children represent 80 percent of those forcibly displaced in countries including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

Markets remain fractured four years into the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, but integration is still possible ...

About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries – about two-thirds more than five years ago – the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) regional head for West ...

The small west African nation of Benin last year enacted a law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people to acknowledge the country’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade, and ...

Malian special forces soldiers participate in combat reload drills at Loumbila, Burkina Faso, Feb. 16, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Peter Seidler) The Department of State Antiterrorism Assistance ...

The West African region yesterday unveiled the timeline for accomplishing its refinery hub goals, noting the West African countries are to sign harmonized refinery regulatory agreements in the fourth ...