Ghana, Togo, Benin join forces to fight illegal fishing in Gulf of Guinea
Benin, Ghana and Togo have signed a pact to work together to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in…
ECOWAS Suspends Burkina Faso over coup
Jude Johnson The West African bloc ECOWAS on Friday suspended Burkina Faso following a coup, but will not impose other…
After coup in Burkina Faso, protesters turn to Russia for help
•Fed up with the failure of their government, and France, to stop the violence caused by militants, some citizens now…
Infographic: Africa’s shifting trade ties from France to China
By The ChinaAfrica Project The German consumer data service Statista published an interesting map on Tuesday that visualizes Africa’s two-decade-long…
Burkina Faso: Who is Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the man at the head of the junta?
Burkina Faso military leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo
Sahel: Mali, Denmark disagree on military presence
•Junta orders Denmark to withdraw troops ‘immediately’ from Sahel region •Denmark says its troops are in Mali on basis of…
With Burkina Faso’s president ousted, West Africa faces ‘coup bloc’
By Danielle Paquette DAKAR, Senegal — Mali. Chad. Guinea. Sudan. Even before Burkina Faso’s army declared on Monday that it had…