The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

Underwater Google internet cable gives Togo high-speed link to Europe

A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday. It's the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 19, 2022

Google Launches Private Subsea Cable Connecting Africa With Europe

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google launched Equiano, its new private subsea cable that would connect Africa with Europe.  Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units to extend connectivity to additional African countries. The new cable will help Togo…

Benzinga · Mar 18, 2022

Underwater Google internet cable to connect Togo to Europe

The West African country will be the first landing of the ‘Equiano’ cable, which will run from Portugal to South Africa.

Al Jazeera · Mar 18, 2022

Dozens of Soldiers Killed in Attack on Military Camp in Mali

A militant attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralized", the country's army said, AFP reported. The fighting left 33 soldiers injured, 21 seriously, and seven are missing, the army added in a statement, while 23 other suspects were "neutralized"…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 5, 2022

Burkina Faso junta names prime minister for ‘transition’ period

Burkina Faso strongman Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Thursday named economist Albert Ouedraogo the new prime minister of the West African country.

France 24 · Mar 4, 2022

West African leaders cancel Burkina Faso visit after military president's inauguration

West African leaders have cancelled a planned trip to Burkina Faso to meet coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba, instead sending a team of ministers in the coming days, the region's main political bloc said in a statement on Thursday.

Reuters · Mar 3, 2022

Overfishing in Senegal: Chinese trawlers leave local fishermen with empty nets

With more than 700 kilometres of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, Senegal is one of the top fish producers in West Africa. This is one of the richest oceans in the world and that has attracted industrial fishing vessels from China. Aside from their fishing methods having massive repercussions on…

France 24 · Feb 24, 2022

Mali files lawsuit against "illegal" West African monetary sanctions

Mali has taken legal action to get sanctions imposed by West Africa's monetary union lifted, lawyers for the country's ruling military junta said on Monday as it battles a debt crisis that threatens to wreck the economy.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022

Mali calls on France to withdraw soldiers "without delay"

Mali’s ruling junta is demanding the immediate departure of French and European forces, a day after France announced that it will withdraw its troops from the West African country

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

Uncertainty looms in Mali as France announces troop pullout

France’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from Mali has been anticipated by many in this West African nation where Malians have protested the presence of soldiers from the former colonial power

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022