
Cameroon, Algeria, Morocco and Malawi have all booked their places at the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil after reaching the semi-finals of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 10, 2026A senior Sierra Leonean government official has declared that the “whole sane world” holds Peter Obi in high esteem, contrasting the Nigerian opposition...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 31, 2026Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining permit to its state-owned mining company, SOPAMIB, for the development of the Bouboulou gold...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 13, 2026Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon have signed the Abuja Declaration, forming an alliance that aims to end the exports of raw cocoa...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 15, 2026Ibrahim Traore, the head of Burkina Faso, has issued a stark warning to anyone seeking to challenge his authority, declaring that he will...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 22, 2026Burkina Faso’s transitional President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared that Sharia law will never be allowed in the country, reaffirming the nation’s secular...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 23, 2026Scapegoating begins when citizens search for a visible cause of invisible structural failure. It becomes political when leaders discover that blaming foreigners is...
ByAsikabulu MichaelJuly 16, 2026The credibility of President Bola Tinubu’s government has plunged into crisis, both at home and abroad, as a pattern of debunked official claims,...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 28, 2025The Tinubu regime has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, October 1. This...
ByKangmwa GofwenSeptember 30, 2025A Nigerian family of five saw their dream vacation become a traumatic ordeal when Royal Caribbean forced them off the ship in Greece,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 30, 2026Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has charged Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and issued an international warrant for his arrest,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 29, 2026Nigeria’s Super Falcons will begin their quest for an unprecedented 11th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday when they face tournament...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 28, 2026Uganda’s health minister has officially declared the country Ebola-free, bringing an end to the East African nation’s latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 28, 2026The cost of obtaining a Nigerian passport has soared to N200,000 for the 64-page ten-year validity booklet under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, nearly...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 27, 2026Algeria began their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a convincing 2-0 victory over Senegal in Sunday’s Group A opener at...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 27, 2026FIFA has sent a clear message to Nigeria ahead of the 2030 World Cup qualifiers, acknowledging the country’s vast footballing talent but warning...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 24, 2026An online petition calling for Argentina’s national team to be permanently barred from participating in the FIFA World Cup has gathered more than...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 24, 2026Burkina Faso’s transitional President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared that Sharia law will never be allowed in the country, reaffirming the nation’s secular...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 23, 2026A Washington-based lobbying firm retained by former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has begun circulating more than 60 pages of United States Department...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 22, 2026There is a unique energy in Port Harcourt every August and September. The smell of smoky plantains roasting over open flames fills the...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 18, 2025Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 10, 2025The crackle of a Montana winter seems worlds away from the humid whispers of Igbo folklore. Yet, in a Bozeman editing suite, filmmaker...
ByIkenna ChurchillJuly 17, 2025Foreign intelligence agencies and foreign organisations – including those tied to the CIA, Britain’s MI6, and US billionaire Bill Gates – are directly...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 11, 2025The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 26, 2025The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 16, 2025Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 7, 2025West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...
ByMayowa DurosinmiApril 13, 2025The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of 167,486 candidates who sat the 2026 Computer-Based WASSCE for School Candidates over alleged...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 6, 2026The Federal Government has approved the establishment of 33 new universities across Nigeria, increasing the total number of universities in the country to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 5, 2026The Federal Government has earmarked N2.47 trillion in the 2026 budget for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 124 roads considered critical to Nigeria’s...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 5, 2026Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state at 93, has reshuffled senior military staff after spending 58 days out of...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 5, 2026Chieftains of the Labour Party in Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State, have reaffirmed their unwavering support for Governor...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 4, 2026Zimbabwe ended July 2026 as Africa’s best-performing equity market, overtaking Nigeria after months of sustained gains driven by easing inflation, a more stable...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 4, 2026