
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have resumed formal discussions with the Economic Community of West African States, agreeing to work towards a framework...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 19, 2026Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, taking a direct role in the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 13, 2026Two books centred on the actions and vision of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, have generated 125.01 million CFA francs, over...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 13, 2026The ruling All Progressives Congress is facing an intense wave of public anger as the controversial N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway mirrors the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 12, 2026The Federal Government’s announcement of a 30-day discount on petrol at NNPC filling stations has been met with widespread condemnation, with opposition parties,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 9, 2026The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced plans to deploy artificial intelligence for election result verification ahead of the 2027 general elections. The...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 8, 2026Former Minister of Transportation and 2027 African Democratic Congress vice presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the President Bola Tinubu government spent...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 5, 2026Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said God is angry with Black people because they have refused to use their brains,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 5, 2026Nigerians on social media have accused the Presidency of manipulating President Bola Tinubu’s 66th Independence Day broadcast, after a viral video showed what...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 2, 2026President Bola Tinubu’s attempt to paint himself as the leader who inherited a dying nation and is now nursing it back to health...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 2, 2026The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s Fourth Republic is undergoing a profound historical revision as declassified diplomatic cables and intelligence agency disclosures reframe the legacy...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 2, 2026Guinea-Bissau’s exiled former president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has announced that he will return to the country and run for president in an election...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 30, 2026