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

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

Aveo Pharmaceuticals is accused of illegally exporting banned combination of tapentadol and carisoprodol to Nigeria, Ghana ...

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

President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, the ...

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

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

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

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

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 ...

The exit from Africa’s largest political and economic union threatens ... in the three Sahel alliance countries is 110% ...