Delegates and observers at a meeting of the bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, last weekend after the three countries had announced their withdrawal.

ACCRA — The Accra Initiative of seven West African countries is meeting in the Ghanaian capital Thursday to discuss ways of preventing the spillover of terrorism from the Sahel region.

Thirteen countries across Africa experienced Internet outages on Thursday due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables. Some countries, including Ghana and Nigeria, are still suffering from ...

As part of its plans to make Africa a more integrated continent, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the name ‘ECO’ for a planned single currency to ...

Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel, is host to a number of foreign forces. Those numbers have increased over the past two years following coups in ...

In recent years, several West African nations have seen the military seize control of the government. While there are unifying factors running through these coups, looking at each case ...

A journalist and travel content creator, Desmond Ike-Chima, is set to embark on an ambitious solo road trip across 16 West African countries, on a project he tagged, Project #TravelAfrica.

The West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) members are holding the first SWIFT Business Forum in Ghana to discuss financial integration in the sub-region. About 200 participants from the six countries from ...

Analysis - Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa's single largest trading partner.

A bloc of eight countries will rename their French-backed currency and France will scrap a contentious requirement for reserve deposits.

The three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine malaria immunisation for children in other countries.