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Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s leader, counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

By: Bolade AdeyemiIn an atmosphere charged with both urgency and optimism, the West Africa Economic Summit 2025 convened on Saturday, June 21, at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. It was ...

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Sierra Leone's president is assuming the rotating leadership of the Economic Community of West African States. Under previous chairman Bola Tinubu, ECOWAS faced some of the greatest challenges in its ...

African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

Mali's military says armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal. One expert called the development ...

Nigeria has ranked among the least peaceful countries in Africa for the year 2025, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI). ContentsSudanDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)South SudanMaliBurkina ...

Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the ...

ANAYO EZUGWU examines President Bola Tinubu’s push for transformation of West Africa towards deeper economic cooperation and ...

The countries that comprise BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as five new members—are an informal grouping of emerging economies hoping to increase their sway in ...