
The International Monetary Fund has projected that Mali’s economy will return to growth in 2026, driven largely by a recovery in gold production following the resolution of a dispute between...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 22, 2025The United States is warning of possible military action in Nigeria, while the U.S. Mission in Abuja is rolling out a cheerful social...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 4, 2025Ministers of Energy from the Alliance of Sahel States, alongside their counterparts from Togo and Chad, met in Niamey for high-level discussions chaired...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025Tinubu’s handling of the coups in West Africa has exposed something many Nigerians already feared: when Western governments raise an eyebrow, he moves...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 7, 2025The diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) deepened on Monday after Burkina Faso confirmed that a Nigerian Air...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025Tension is rising in Niger over uranium exports as the French group Orano has denounced what it describes as an “illegal” shipment from...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 29, 2025The government has released a new ambassadorial list. It contains thirty‑two nominees who may represent Nigeria abroad if confirmed. The non‑career nominees are:...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 30, 2025The credibility of President Bola Tinubu’s government has plunged into crisis, both at home and abroad, as a pattern of debunked official claims,...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 28, 2025The Tinubu regime has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade, previously scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, October 1. This...
ByKangmwa GofwenSeptember 30, 2025Fresh questions have emerged over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and France’s Direction Générale des Finances...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 14, 2025For many Nigerians, the news that the Federal Inland Revenue Service has entered a new partnership with the French tax authority felt less...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025Burkina Faso has released eleven Nigerian military personnel who were detained after a Nigerian Air Force transport aircraft landed in the country without...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025Ministers of Energy from the Alliance of Sahel States, alongside their counterparts from Togo and Chad, met in Niamey for high-level discussions chaired...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025Ghana and Israel are locked in an unusual diplomatic standoff after Accra deported three Israeli nationals in response to what it described as...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025What was presented as a breakthrough moment of diplomacy has instead become a stark reminder that peace remains elusive in eastern Congo. Recently,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 11, 2025The International Monetary Fund has acknowledged rising worries among global investors about Senegal’s debt situation as discussions over a new support package continue....
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 11, 2025The diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) deepened on Monday after Burkina Faso confirmed that a Nigerian Air...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to the Benin Republic following the attempted coup that shook the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 9, 2025Burkina Faso has detained a Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) aircraft for violating its airspace, according to reports. In a statement signed by the...
ByJoshua ChuwangDecember 9, 2025There is a unique energy in Port Harcourt every August and September. The smell of smoky plantains roasting over open flames fills the...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 18, 2025Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...
ByIkenna ChurchillSeptember 10, 2025The crackle of a Montana winter seems worlds away from the humid whispers of Igbo folklore. Yet, in a Bozeman editing suite, filmmaker...
ByIkenna ChurchillJuly 17, 2025Foreign intelligence agencies and foreign organisations – including those tied to the CIA, Britain’s MI6, and US billionaire Bill Gates – are directly...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 11, 2025The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa....
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 26, 2025The editor behind Gangs of Lagos, Sista, and Makemation talks about invisible storytelling, creative trust, and why caring about the project is everything—often...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 16, 2025Taiwo Egunjobi returns with “The Fire and the Moth,” a tense thriller we previewed after a private screening, delving into local lore and...
ByIkenna ChurchillMay 7, 2025West Africa Weekly’s EIC David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan of Plainsite have won the lawsuit [No. 23-1816 (BAH)] which they jointly instituted against...
ByMayowa DurosinmiApril 13, 2025The Economic Community of West African States has confirmed that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will continue participating in the Intergovernmental Action Group...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025Namibia’s mining revenue landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with income from gold and uranium overtaking diamond earnings following a sharp downturn in...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025Ghana has announced a sweeping ban on all mining activities within its forest reserves, reversing previous regulations that allowed limited operations under strict...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025Mining companies operating in the Ivory Coast have begun paying higher royalties following months of resistance to a new fiscal policy introduced by...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025An aircraft operated by a domestic aviation company crash-landed at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, leaving four occupants...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025Abia State has announced the introduction of free urban mass transit for residents as part of its Christmas and New Year interventions, marking...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 17, 2025