In the late 1970s, Ghana, Accra, and Cape Coast — not long removed from colonial rule — felt as distant from the rest of the ...

Luca Pferdmenges has spent the past five years travelling the world and has now visited all 195 countries, as well as more ...

As Africa's largest trading partner, China has invested heavily in African infrastructure through Xi Jinping 's flagship Belt ...

Franco-African relations have long been framed from the French perspective. However, as new nationalist sentiments sweep ...

Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

Time to renew your passport and step aside from that Italian vacation plan, these underrated countries are perfect for anyone ...

Africa is no longer a peripheral arena—it’s becoming a central platform for Moscow’s global strategy. The West should beware.

Despite several efforts by ECOWAS leaders to reintegrate the three countries, they have vowed not to return, arguing that leaving ECOWAS serves the best interests ... in West Africa are stronger ...

Burkina Faso is among countries in West Africa that have seen juntas assume control in recent years to fight militant Islamists. They have also sought to revise mining codes to squeeze more out of ...

He lamented the reversal of democratic gains in West Africa, noting that while all ECOWAS countries were under democratic rule in 2017, four of them are now being governed by non-democratic regimes.

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...