Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body Interpol on Thursday.

Across the West African Economic and Monetary Union, governments are tightening mining regulations to boost revenue for development. But as Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso push reforms, investor ...

ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is down -229 (-2.04%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is down -224 (-2.54%). Cocoa prices ...

A vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea contained 19 badly decomposed bodies, at least some from Mali, authorities in the ...

The outlook for food producers who rely on cocoa is more challenging in FY25 as unforeseen weather deterioration in West ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

A priest in the Awka Diocese in Nigeria has encouraged journalists to expose Christian persecution, which is at its highest ...

Endeavour Mining remains a "Buy" due to strong gold production and undervaluation. Learn why EDVMF stock’s free cash flow and dividends will rise in 2025.

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country. It comes after Paris handed over its two other bases in the ...

The contrast has to do with the country’s evolving stature both in Africa and the West, where officials have long admired ...

As we look ahead to 2025, the future of payments looks increasingly digital, flexible and driven by consumer choice. Contactless payments are giving consumers and merchants more ways to transact; ...

A proposed 24-mile underwater tunnel between Morocco and Spain has hit a fresh snag due to "complex" conditions and may not ...