The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?

The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market itself as a major destination for Afro-descendant tourists in the diaspora. Neighbouring Nigeria and its population of 220 million potential…

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022

South Africa's dance music craze, amapiano, could conquer the world – if its stars step up

There’s a lot of hype around amapiano. The South African dance music genre has dominated dancefloors since 2019, spreading from South Africa to West Africa and now to the world. But it’s time to peer through the hype and see if amapiano is able to transition from a cloistered club…

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2022

London landmarks lit up to highlight plight of those who do not have clean, safe water

The harrowing video footage showed a women in Niger, West Africa, making her daily trek on foot to access water for her family

Daily Mirror · Oct 28, 2022

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world's biggest prize

Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first black person to be awarded architecture’s highest international honour, the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and built his architectural practice designing schools and medical facilities that were most often built by local…

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2022

How Burkina Faso became the epicentre of conflict in the Sahel

Casualties in the West African state are eclipsing those in its neighbour Mali, the birthplace of the conflict.

Al Jazeera · Mar 11, 2022

Alma Gold Completes Termite Mound Sampling Program on its Karita Gold Project in Guinea

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - March 7, 2022 – Alma Gold Inc. ("Alma Gold" or the "Company") (CSE:ALMA) is pleased to announce that it has recently completed a regional termite mound sampling program over three of its four Exploration Permits comprising the Karita Gold Project ("Karita") in Guinea, West…

Benzinga · Mar 7, 2022

EU-AU summit: Ghana's Akufo-Addo calls for 12-month transition in Mali

In a interview with FRANCE 24 at the EU-African Union summit in Brussels, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the French-led troop withdrawal from Mali required "new arrangements" in the regional fight against terrorism. Akufo-Addo, who is also the current chairman of West African bloc ECOWAS, demanded the departure of "foreign…

France 24 · Feb 18, 2022

Chimpanzees rub insects on open wounds – new research suggests treating others may not be uniquely human

The chimpanzees of the Rekambo community in Gabon, West Africa never fail to surprise. For a start, they are known to kill and eat tortoises, which set them apart from any other community of chimpanzees. Now they have been seen displaying another unique behaviour – one which has never been…

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2022

ECOWAS holds emergency summit after coups in West Africa

West Africa bloc expected to decide whether to impose more sanctions on Burkina Faso following a military coup.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2022

Another coup has been averted in Burkina Faso: but for how long?

Within a few weeks of the start of a new year and West Africa had its first attempted coup d’état. On January 12 the Burkinabè government announced that it foiled a plot from within the armed forces to destabilise the state.

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2022