The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to reverse West Africa's democratic decline through talks with the presidents of two key partners, Nigeria and Ivory Coast, as he called for the fight against extremism to go beyond weapons.

With an effective vaccine, cases of the potentially fatal disease plummeted. But West Africa is now seeing thousands of new cases and hundreds of deaths.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday meets the presidents of Nigeria and Ivory Coast in a bid to forge a united front with key African democracies as crises engulf the world.

A new drug called kush is wreaking havoc in west Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone where it is estimated to kill around a dozen people each week and hospitalise thousands.

Nigeria's long-awaited Dangote refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, after years of delays. The plant, the largest of its kind in Africa, is expected to supply not only Nigeria but other countries in West Africa – potentially transforming the region's oil trade.

The film, a black-and-white fantasy thriller inspired by West African folklore, is Nigeria’s third entry for the Oscars.

Too often migrants disappear without a trace and witnesses - this is the story of 36 days at sea by Renata Brito and Felipe Dana

A senior Spanish official says the deployment of two Spanish surveillance planes to watch for migrant boats heading on the treacherous route from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands has enabled authorities to stop 59 canoes from Senegal and Gambia

Leaders from across West Africa are meeting in Nigeria in a renewed push for respect for democracy across the coup-hit region

West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors

In 2022, 43% of all global terrorism deaths occurred in the Sahel – the region south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent. West Africa had recorded 1,800 terrorism attacks as of June 2023, resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths.