The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

Some air traffic control staff at airports in West and Central Africa went on strike over working conditions and pay on Friday as their union defied court rulings and government bans barring them from doing so.

West Africa's main political and economic bloc imposed more sanctions on Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday for failing to establish a new schedule for a transition to democracy, the bloc said in a press release.

The gas crisis in Europe has worsened as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine, turning the attention to the project to transport Nigeria's gas to Europe via Morocco. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari agreed to the gas pipeline project in December 2016 and launched feasibility…

Rebecca Dobinson has supported dogs owned by homeless people in the North East and volunteers as a vet for Street Paws. And now she is travelling to West Africa to ease the suffering of street dogs and join the fight against rabies

Jihadist conflicts are now a part of West Africa’s political makeup, as militant Islamist groups resist numerous campaigns to counter them.

Ivory Coast called on West Africa's political bloc to help release 46 soldiers detained by Mali's military government, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, after a Togolese-led mediation effort appeared to have stalled.

The great actor displays her ferocious side as a West African general leading a unit of fighting women.

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical warrior action epic “The Woman King” hits theaters this weekend. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, it kicks off the fall movie season, and it’s sitting pretty on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment with a cool 100% perfect score. Viola Davis stars in this…

Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa last year coaching tennis to kids