Fifteen countries in West Africa have agreed to adopt a single currency next year called the eco. Experts are divided on the impact it would have on the region's economy, especially in the eight ...

Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the ...

Africa continues to establish itself as a prominent hub for tech innovation, with significant investments flowing into the ...

China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly ...

And given the instability that has wracked West Africa in recent years — from the spread of violent armed groups to the alarming number of coups in many neighboring countries — Ghana’s image ...