The recent appearance of the Micro-trottoir project in Bamako is a strong reflection of new trends in West Africa, where ...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has increased. A new report offers strategies to counter Russian influence.

Implementing a single currency in West Africa presents significant opportunities and formidable challenges. However, it could ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has used for decades. The move follows an announcement in late 2024 by Senegal’s ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo Robert Dussey has again raised the possibility of the country joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In a social ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday met with President John Mahama of Ghana in Abuja, where both leaders re-examined the ongoing ...

Togo appears to be openly courting a new confederation made up of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger for whom access to the small nation's port would be a game-changer.

Climate change does not directly lead to more terrorism in the Central Sahel. Rather ... ISS research in West Africa, some carried out as early as 2016, found that people joined insurgencies ...

The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

The situation in West Africa is particularly complex as the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have left the economic alliance ECOWAS following military coups and formed their own ...