Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré made history as the first person to receive the newly introduced AES passport, just ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Shugaban hukumar Kungiyar Kasashen Yammacin Afirka Dr Omar Alieu Touray, ya sanar cewa ya sami wasikun bukatar tattaunawa ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS after more than a year ...

ECOWAS say dem go keep di doors open sake of spirit of regional solidarity, but di move by di Sahel State kontris to launch ...

Saba, says about 5,000 hectares of rice plantations, worth N11.5bn, were devastated by the recent flooding at Shonga, Edu ...

ECOWAS had given Burkina Faso Mali and Niger until July to reconsider the move but they said their departure was irreversible ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...

One person was killed, while 3,000 hectares of rice farmland were submerged, affecting about 5,000 farmers in an unusual ...

ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The military governments of ...