
Ghana’s cabinet has approved amendments to its mining law for submission to parliament, a move the government says will increase oversight of the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 17, 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, 2026Senegal’s Ministry of Youth and Sports has imposed a media blackout on the Senegal Football Federation (FSF), ordering officials to immediately cease all...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 15, 2026The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery weather conditions across the country from Wednesday to Friday, with warnings of potential...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 15, 2026Hungary’s parliament has voted to remove President Tamas Sulyok, a close ally of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban who lost power in April...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 14, 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, 2026Somewhere in a hotel in Rabat last November, Alex Iwobi filmed the view from his window and posted it without a caption strong...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 10, 2026Celestia Labs, a cryptocurrency infrastructure company, has temporarily blocked Nigerian residents from accessing its $5 test token giveaway, citing mass withdrawals instead of...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 9, 2026The Bank of Ghana has disclosed that 75 staff members of banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions were dismissed in 2025 following their involvement...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 9, 2026Russia has pledged to maintain its military backing for the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, the three countries announced on...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 9, 2026Three young Nigerians have made their country proud by winning gold medals at the 2026 International STEM Olympiad held in Rome, Italy, competing...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 8, 2026Fresh diplomatic tensions have emerged between Ghana and South Africa after the Ghanaian government declined to host President Cyril Ramaphosa for a planned...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 8, 2026