West Africa

An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger April 13, 2024. REUTERS
Africa

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come, says report

The severity of the heatwave led WWA's team of climate scientists to conduct a rapid analysis, which concluded the temperatures would not have been reached if the industry had not warmed the...

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger on 28 July 2023. File Photo: Reuters
Africa

Niger hit with more sanctions as junta rebuffs latest diplomatic mission

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, President of the ECOWAS Commission Omar Alieu Touray, Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Bello meet at the ground breaking ceremony of the new Ecowas secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Africa

West African leaders plan peacekeeping force to counter 'coup belt' reputation

Economic Community Of West African States flags are pictured during a Nigeria, Benin and Niger foreign ministers meeting on Nigeria's border closure in Abuja, Nigeria 14 November 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Africa

West African bloc says will not abandon Burkina Faso after coup

A protester waves a flag during what the information ministry calls a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
Africa

West Africa's new wave of coups

New Military Leader Of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, delivers a speech in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 27, 2022, in this screengrab taken from video. Photo: Reuters
Africa

West African bloc suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop speaks during a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia November 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc

Margus outbreaks are often associated with exposure to colonies of Rousettus bats. Photo : Collected
Africa

First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO

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Global Economy

West African regional bloc adopts new plan to launch single currency in 2027

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a news conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region in Pau, France January 13, 2020. Guillaume Horcajuelo/Pool via Reuters
World+Biz

France, West Africa to unite forces in fight against Islamist militants

The Semafo Inc. logo is seen in this photo.
World+Biz

At least 37 killed in attack on Canadian miner Semafo convoy in Burkina Faso