The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the arrest of a suspect in connection with the recent assault on JoyNews journalist, Latif Iddrisu. The arrest was effected by the Greater Accra ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the ...

Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has declared Nigeria’s democratic tradition a stabilising force in the West African region, calling it a model worthy of emulation as ...

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

In May 2025, more than 400 soldiers were killed in similar attacks targeting Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, all members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The epicenter is the so called "three ...

Russia plans to step up cooperation with African countries, including in "sensitive areas" such as defence and security, the ...

President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day ...

ADAMANT that the Africa-Caribbean region must intentionally band together to develop and reap the “prosperity” from ...

Nigerians are paying less for petrol than citizens of other West African countries, which pay as high as N3,600 per litre.

KIBERA, Kenya — Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling ...