Alhassan Dantata is the father of the late Aminu Dantata and the founder of the Dantata business dynasty. He is also the great-grandfather of Aliko Dangote.The late Alhassan was a philanthropist and ...

Nigeria, home to one of Africa’s fastest-growing Christian populations, has also become one of the deadliest places in the ...

The Supreme Court is set to deliver a landmark judgment on whether children born out of wedlock under Islamic law are ...

What's the connection between roads and conflict in west Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two.We are researchers of ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

As Eid al-Adha approaches, many Muslim families across west Africa are struggling to afford rams for the traditional sacrifice, with prices tripling in some areas due to inflation, insecurity, and ...

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal ...

On 8 January, members of the violent extremist Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims attacked a fortified position of the anti-terrorist Operation Mirador in northern Benin. Media reports said ...

Mistrust between the Alliance of Sahel States and Economic Community of West African States countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Each night, throughout Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, families... AP PHOTOS: From the Atlantic coast to the Sahelian plain, Ramadan brings West Africans to the table ...