Morocco has steadily lost ground in the shelled walnut market, with both domestic consumption and production falling over the ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

In May, eight staff of privately-owned Nguvu Mining, which operates the Samira Hill gold mine southwest of the capital Niamey, were killed when the military-escorted bus they were travelling in ran ...

He said the meeting would also delve into how to minimise the negative effects of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s withdrawal ...

Suspected jihadists have killed nine travellers, including a teacher, in an attack in southwestern Niger, near the border ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to organise a summit on the future of the community. This is as a result of the withdrawal of three member states – ...

US philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended the Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger for ...

Nigeria falls behind in healthcare, especially in the northern areas, in comparison to the junta-led Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to billionaire philanthropist Bill ...

Unhedged gold mining company West African Resources has delivered a maiden underground resource of 4.9-million tonnes grading ...

In a critical step toward addressing food insecurity in West Africa, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have launched ...

The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran is not complying with its nuclear ...

Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that began in August to ...