President Barrow, alongside other Heads of State, laid a wreath at Thiaroye cemetery to pay respect to fallen heroes. In his ...

Moreover, eight ECOWAS countries, largely francophone, are already members of a currency union—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. These members of the ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

The European Union says it will lend 91 million euros to Cameroon over the next three years to boost the West African country ...

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

The West Africans were members of the unit called “Tirailleurs Sénégalais,” a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army ...

West African regional group Ecowas has in principle ... Morocco's application comes after it rejoined the African Union in January. Morocco left the continental body in 1984 after it recognised ...

In Africa, there was a general assumption on the part of colonial powers that Africans must wait patiently for limited political concessions and better career opportunities. Ex-servicemen and the ...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), the region's political and economic union, said the rollout will be gradual with countries meeting the laid-out criteria joining first.