President John Mahama is leading diplomatic efforts to reintegrate Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Minister for Foreign Affairs and ...

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In February, 2020, the Parliament of Ghana ratified the decision of the government to spend nearly $900 million on a ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

In February, 2020, the Parliament of Ghana ratified the decision of the government to spend nearly $900 million on a ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

The MDB has long held plans for a public hybrid bond and began talking to investors about a $500m trade in 2022. It started ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, has become the first recipient of the new Alliance of Sahel ...

In his inaugural speech on 7 January 2025 President Mahama outlined his vision of a 24-hour economy where '…our markets are ...

I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” one expert said. Women and girls are more susceptible ...