
Mali’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, met on 4 December 2025 with a delegation from the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 8, 2025Benin’s government says it has foiled an attempted coup after a group of soldiers briefly seized the national broadcaster early Sunday and announced...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 7, 2025Nigeria has launched the long-delayed ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card, a regional project aimed at modernising identity systems and easing movement across West...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 1, 2025The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu faces a painful crisis of priorities in Nigeria following the killing of Brigadier General Musa Uba...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 24, 2025The transitional President of Mali and current President of the Sahel States Confederation (Alliance des États du Sahel, AES), General Assimi Goïta, on...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 24, 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, 2025A new investigation has raised alarming questions about a possible data breach involving Orange SIM cards allegedly exploited by armed groups across the...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 7, 2025Nigeria’s domestic airlines are grappling with shrinking routes, declining passenger numbers, and rising operating costs, even as neighbouring Ghana is cutting domestic airfares...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 6, 2025Nigeria’s government has unveiled yet another passport reform, a single travel emergency passport meant to help citizens abroad who must return home urgently. However,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 5, 2025The Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs sent shockwaves across Africa: Nigeria qualified despite others collecting more points at...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025Mali Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Abdoulaye Diop took part, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, in the inauguration of the 19th Mid-Term...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a two-week warning strike after failed attempts to reach an agreement with the Federal...
ByJoshua ChuwangOctober 13, 2025