Learn how a West African excavation shows that early humans lived in multiple ecosystems simultaneously, challenging our ...

A new report by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling ...

Democracy in West Africa is regressing due to poor governance and bad leadership, providing excuses for military coups, ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to ...

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed ...

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

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

Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, dating back to the ancient Ghana empire, which earned its reputation as ...