Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.

For several centuries, West Africa has experienced mental, social, political and spiritual upheavals that have shaped its ...

The Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central has shared photos of the huge mall he would build in his constituency, which would ...

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Human Resource (HR) practices in West Africa reflect the region’s unique socio-economic, cultural, and political landscape.With a rapidly growing youth population, workforce, increasing foreign ...

Celebrations marking 50 years of the Economic Community of West African States – known as Ecowas – began in Ghana this week, ...

NGOs claim Spanish authorities are turning a blind eye to their fleets' activities in Senegal and Guinea Bissau. View on ...

The international police agency Interpol says that police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring ...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged West African nations to embrace renewed dialogue and cooperation, stressing that the ...

Consumer goods as well as fuel and cocoa are all crossing Ghana’s northern border illegally, and in large volumes. It's costing the government billions of dollars in lost revenues. Ed Butler looks at ...

Africa is no longer a peripheral arena—it’s becoming a central platform for Moscow’s global strategy. The West should beware.

Welcome to the West African CFA franc exchange rate & live currency converter page. The West African CFA franc (XOF) exchange rates represented on this page are live, updated every minute within ...