In a significant move to expand its agricultural footprint in West Africa, Kenya is reportedly exploring establishing a milk processing plant in Burkina...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 2, 2025France’s industrial base is under severe pressure, with increasing factory shutdowns across key sectors. From automotive to steel and agri-processing, closures and layoffs...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 2, 2025At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,200 arrested following violent protests across Angola, sparked by the government’s controversial decision...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 1, 2025Nigeria’s drive to overhaul its electoral process has taken centre stage as the House of Representatives undertakes a comprehensive review of constitutional amendments...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 31, 2025As Nigeria prepares for changes to its 1999 Constitution, the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has compiled a summarised compendium of...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 31, 2025In a development that has raised serious questions about the U.S. government’s consistency in addressing international drug-related crimes, American authorities have renewed and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 30, 2025In the conversation about African economies, Nigeria often takes centre stage as the continent’s largest by GDP. Within Nigeria, Lagos State, Africa’s most...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 30, 2025A diplomatic storm is gathering across West Africa following the mysterious death of Burkinabè activist Alain Christophe Traoré, popularly known as Alino Faso,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 29, 2025Niger has achieved a significant economic milestone as the Ministry of Petroleum announced that oil revenues have tripled over the past four years,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 27, 2025It costs more to ship a container from Nigeria to Ghana than it does to ship one from China to Nigeria. For many...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 27, 2025Nigeria loses up to 50 per cent of its agricultural produce after harvest, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 26, 2025From Nigeria’s Middle Belt to the savannahs of Tanzania, a troubling trend is spreading across Africa: small-scale farmers are being violently driven off...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 26, 2025