The recent unearthing of ancient African beads has shed new light on the extensive trading systems that existed some 4,000 ...

Chapter I. West Africa and its people -- Chapter II. The great empires of the Western Sudan -- Chapter III. Europeans and West Africa in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- Chapter IV. European ...

West Africa’s ambitions to emerge as a global trade and logistics hub took a decisive step forward this week with the ...

Africa, meanwhile, remains trapped between vision and implementation, struggling to adapt to a world where the rules have ...

The Economic Community of West African states (Ecowas) is set to mark 50 years in May 2025. It was established in 1975 by 16 member states. Though seven of the founding leaders had ascended to power ...

The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has endorsed the West Africa Industrialization, Manufacturing and Trade (West Africa IMT) Summit & Exhibition 2025. The endorsement underscores ...

President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts. Trump said he sees ...

Actor Djimon Hounsou, who starred in ''Amistad,'' hopes his run/walk event will help promote Black history and Afro ...