In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers on April 30, 2025, effectively banned all ...

West Africa has been home to several powerful kingdoms from the earlier Sahelian kingdoms (Ghana Empire, Mali Empire and ...

International mining companies should consider joint ventures with local partners and dual listings on regional stock ...

A national conference of political actors in Mali has recommended naming junta leader Assimi Goita, who seized power ...

Donald J Trump believes that he has the magic formula to bring back the glory days and “Make America Great Again” (MAGA). Since the Second ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its golden jubilee with grand celebrations in Accra, Ghana, a ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) celebrates its golden jubilee with grand festivities in Accra, Ghana, a pivotal and emotionally charged conversation has taken center stage; ...

Thirdly, a number of people are travelling from Britain to West Africa, thanks to government visa initiatives like Ghana’s ‘year of return’ that made travel and relocation easier, alongside popular ...

William Assanvo Senior Researcher, Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Jeannine Ella Abatan Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Women’s involvement in ...

Here's reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu ...

They were created from at least the 1500s onwards in the West African Kingdom of Benin. In recent years there have been increasing calls for the British Museum to empty its treasure trove and send ...