The United Nations (UN) Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the absence of ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) today is down -216 (-3.27%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) is down -189 (-3.97%).

Cairo: In the Libyan city of Sabha, known as the “Bride of the South,” authorities dismantled three terrorist networks in August, revealing links stretching across and back to the African coast. Five ...

If jihadists take over the West African state of Mali it would mark a stunning success sending shockwaves beyond the region.

U.S. forces were forced to withdraw from their key drone base at Agadez, leaving the United States with limited intelligence ...

Pre-construction archaeological work at Benin City, Nigeria. Excavation of two building plots for the Museum of West African Art, Benin City, Nigeria, provides new perspectives on the Kingdom of Benin ...

China’s massive African mine, Simandou, is set to reshape the iron ore market with high-grade ore, infrastructure advancements, and implications for global pricing power and decarbonization in ...

Mining Weekly has just visited West Wits Mining, where Johannesburg’s former golden glow is beginning to re-show – and at a cracking pace. The gold project is a close 15 km west of Johannesburg’s ...

The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anite, and the Commissioner for Insurance, National Insurance Commission, Olusegun Omosehin, have called for the use of insurance as a key buffer against ...

A decade ago countries in West Africa set up a unique trade monitoring mechanism. Its purpose was to track intra-regional trade in agricultural products and livestock in the region. But the system was ...

Dakar, Senegal, 10 October 2025 - To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls’ Summit. Their ...

Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar. Image © Pierre Laborde via Shutterstock The history of the museum as a typology is a long and complex one. Since prehistoric ...