
The presidency of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is going through one of its most severe moments as the worsening insecurity, controversies surrounding governance,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 18, 2025The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on the trade of minerals from dozens of artisanal mining sites in the country’s...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 18, 2025Benin has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that extends the presidential mandate from five to seven years, marking one of the most significant...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 18, 2025Nigeria’s military is pushing back against claims by the Islamic State West Africa Province that it captured and executed a senior army officer...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 18, 2025For the families of the 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, the nightmare began long before...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 18, 2025A United States congressman, Riley M. Moore, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of minimising what he describes as a campaign of Christian...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 17, 2025South Africa’s decision to take in 160 undocumented Palestinians fleeing Gaza has once again highlighted the contradictions shaping its foreign policy-just as the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 15, 2025Guinea has launched operations at the Simandou iron-ore mine, a $23 billion development widely described as the biggest mining project in the world....
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 14, 2025The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed that Senegal retains full sovereignty in determining how it handles its debt burden, after a mission...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 13, 2025A special criminal court in Libreville has sentenced Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin to 20 years in prison after...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 13, 2025Mali has launched the first-ever International Defence and Security Exhibition of Bamako (BAMEX 2025), a major event that will bring together military, industrial,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 13, 2025Mali has become the new showcase for Turkish defence technology in Africa as it hosts BAMEX 2025, the country’s first International Defence and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 10, 2025