
Nigeria’s delegation to the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) has been involved in controversy and public anger after images and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 21, 2025West Africa’s biggest stars are leaving an identifiable visual mark on carpets, stages, and magazine covers. Behind the razor-sharp tailoring, silhouette statements, and...
ByIkenna ChurchillAugust 19, 2025Chad is moving closer to full integration with the Confederation of Sahel States (CSS) through plans to host a regional security coordination centre...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 15, 2025As Western governments swiftly denounce military coups in the Sahel region, they remain largely silent regarding longstanding African leaders who have kept power...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 10, 2025Radio France Internationale (RFI), a French state-funded radio news network, has embarked on an unprecedented “partnership” with Kano Pillars, a prominent football club...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 21, 2025A Beninese journalist, Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè, known for his criticism of President Patrice Talon’s government, has been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire, forcibly extradited...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJuly 15, 2025Burkina Faso’s Stade du 4 Août in Ouagadougou has officially been approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), a significant milestone for Burkinabè...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJuly 2, 2025Nigerian filmmaker Kachi Benson has clinched the 2025 Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary for his work on Madu, a Disney...
ByChinalurumogu EzeJuly 2, 2025In neighbourhoods across Nigeria, from urban Lagos to smaller towns in Rivers, Edo, Delta, and Ogun States, the streets have become silent battlegrounds,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Saint Lucia, presented by the Nigerian government as a diplomatic mission to strengthen ancestral ties, has coincided with...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 1, 2025The Malian armed forces, in collaboration with their partners, killed a senior foreign commander of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS),...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 28, 2025Every week, massive shipping containers filled with used clothing arrive at West African ports, including Accra, Lagos, and Dakar. Market traders eagerly unpack...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 28, 2025