The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Tuesday closed down -751 (-8.74%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -519 (-7.37%). Cocoa prices plunged Tuesday and settled sharply lower as beneficial growing conditions in West Africa have improved the prospects for the cocoa crop. Forecaster Maxar Technologies...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -734 (-8.54%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -492 (-6.99%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower as beneficial growing conditions in West Africa raise expectations for cocoa crop prospects. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said showers are expected to...

A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat" in Africa’s volatile Sahel region

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has been in the news lately – mostly for the wrong reasons.

The creation of a Sahel confederation on Saturday plunged West Africa into an unprecedented crisis that could threaten the free movement of people and goods in the region.

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed down -145 (-1.85%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -154 (-2.35%). Cocoa prices Monday retreated as improved weather conditions in West Africa should boost the region's cocoa yields and is negative for prices. Cocoa farmers in the...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -3 (-0.04%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -142 (-2.17%). Cocoa prices today are under pressure. Improved weather conditions in West Africa should boost the region's cocoa yields and is negative for prices. Cocoa farmers in the...

West Africa’s divided regional bloc has asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January

The formation of Sahel alliance by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger overshadows ECOWAS summit, set to open in Abuja.

The military regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso marked their divorce from the rest of West Africa Saturday as they signed a treaty setting up a confederation between them.

The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have ruled out returning to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize regional efforts to revert coups and curb the violence spreading across the region