
The image could not be starker. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, flown into New York under heavy guard, now sits in a federal cell...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJanuary 4, 2026Mali and Burkina Faso have announced reciprocal travel restrictions on citizens of the United States, escalating diplomatic tensions between the Sahel states and...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 31, 2025On Christmas Day, a foreign military bombed Nigerian soil, and Nigerians did not hear it first from their own government. They heard it...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 26, 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 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, 2025Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nigeria’s Defence Minister, resigned on December 1, 2025, citing health reasons. President Bola Tinubu accepted the resignation, which comes...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 4, 2025The 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, 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 new bill pending in the United States Senate is seeking to have Nigeria officially listed on the “Country of Particular Concern” list...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 16, 2025The Malian government has announced that American citizens will now be required to post a bond of $10,000 before obtaining a visa to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 13, 2025Burkina Faso has rejected a request from the United States to receive migrants deported under President Donald Trump’s renewed immigration crackdown. This decision...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 12, 2025The Concerned Nigerians Group has raised alarm over what it described as “the alarming rise of authoritarianism and the relentless assaults on free...
ByKangmwa GofwenSeptember 20, 2025