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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, presented this Thursday to the United Nations Security Council the latest report of the ...

Much of West Africa, home to the world’s top cocoa producers, is heading into another disappointing harvest. Despite better ...

Mercedes-Benz will start the West African development of assembling military vehicles for Senegal's army at the plant.

Twenty years ago, Shatta Beach in Accra’s Georgetown neighborhood was famed for its golden sand and mellow beach break—a ...

Fearnleys described Wednesday as “manic” for suezmaxes with “immense gains” made in both West Africa and for ships lifting ...

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong ...

The ten-year production outlook will see 4.8 m oz of gold produced over the next decade, with production set to peak in 2029 ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment ...

West African lions appear to be more similar to the extinct "Barbary lions" that once roamed North Africa, and to the last Asiatic lions surviving in India, said Henschel.