West African

West Africa’s economic bloc is open to talks or a rare military intervention to overturn a coup in Niger, an official said. Democracy will be restored “by all means available,” Abdel-Fatau Musah, the ECW's commissioner for political…

Nigeria and 11 other West African countries are to benefit from 30 rigid-hull inflatable boats and forensic equipment valued at N2.3billion from the European Union. The items are for fighting maritime crime and other security challenges…

Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State re­vealed on Tuesday that each of the 36 states of the federation had received N10 billion budget support from the Federal Government. Governor Badaru disclosed this in his remark at the…

Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared Monday, without waiting for official results, that he had won a presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. Speaking at a press…

Voters in the West African state Guinea were being called to the polls on Sunday for a bitterly-disputed referendum that critics say is a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power. Conde is proposing a change to the constitution…

Almost 70,000 people have been displaced in Burkina Faso in the past two months due to a surge in attacks and inter-community violence, according to the UN. In total, more than 100,000 people have been uprooted from their homes,…

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria are becoming more sophisticated and deadlier. Chambas, who is Head, UN…