CDD-West African warns agaisnt mistaking military populism for reforms, stressing that coups accelerate fragility rather than solve civilian governance failures.

Sixty-five years ago, 14 African countries gained independence from France. DW examines how they have developed since then — ...

Bank loans in Niger fell 18.2% in 2024, the steepest decline in WAEMU. Long-term loans dropped 18.6%, while short-term loans rose 28.1%. Niger posted the highest rate of bad loans in the union at 26.8 ...

Burkina Faso and Mali did not send representatives to a continental military meeting hosted by Nigeria Monday as relations between the junta-led Sahel countries and their west African neighbours ...

The security collaboration between Morocco and Niger has demonstrated its remarkable effectiveness. Leveraging intelligence ...

Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary, experts say – ...

However, it remains present in a new guise—as the African Corps. The Russian Federation has decided to end its „special ...

Under President Donald Trump the United States has reset relations with west Africa's military leaders on a mutual ...

Families who've lived along West Africa's Niger River for generations have watched their livelihoods disappear as their ...

According to historians, Mansa Musa, an African man, possessed more wealth than any other individual on Earth.