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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lagos State, Nigeria, has been nominated by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the African Union and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised West African ...