Côte d’Ivoire shippers are rejecting a large percentage of cocoa beans arriving at ports for quality concerns, stirring concern over continuity of supplies...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 20, 2025China’s state-owned oil giant CNPC has continued crude oil exports from Niger even amidst tensions with the country’s military junta over working conditions...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 18, 2025A new bill pending in the United States Senate is seeking to have Nigeria officially listed on the “Country of Particular Concern” list...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025The Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs sent shockwaves across Africa: Nigeria qualified despite others collecting more points at...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025Burkina Faso President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has publicly sought explanations following his country’s dramatic exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff stage....
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025Mali Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Abdoulaye Diop took part, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, in the inauguration of the 19th Mid-Term...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025The Malian government has announced that American citizens will now be required to post a bond of $10,000 before obtaining a visa to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 13, 2025Burkina Faso has rejected a request from the United States to receive migrants deported under President Donald Trump’s renewed immigration crackdown. This decision...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 12, 2025The Malian Ministry of National Education has announced the suspension of the French Revolution from the 9th-grade history curriculum. The directive, issued on...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) have carried out a series of successful operations across several regions of the country, neutralising dozens of terrorists...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025The member states of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) — Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso — have officially adopted a unified electronic...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025His Excellency Yacouba Diakité, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Mali with residence in Rome, has officially presented his letters...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 11, 2025