Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, ...

The new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, ...

Gunmen in the West African country of Niger have killed 13 people in the latest of a string of attacks in the region. The ...

Mali’s junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without ...

Mali's junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable as many times as necessary and without ...

This summit is deal-first diplomacy. It signals not just a new Africa policy, but a redefinition of American engagement: no ...

Nigeria's U20 boys, the Flying Eagles, have kicked off preparations in Accra, Ghana, ahead of the 2024 WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament, scheduled for July 10-23.

U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps ...

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will be bidding for yet another regional title when they open their campaign against hosts Ghana in the 2025 West Africa Football Union U-20 Boys Cup tournament on Thursday ...