Nujoma was seen as the last of a generation of African figures who headed anti-colonial movements and fought for freedom.

Study published in Nature pushes back the known evidence of human habitation in rainforests by over 80,000 years.

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling ...

Democracy in West Africa is regressing due to poor governance and bad leadership, providing excuses for military coups, ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to ...

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, dating back to the ancient Ghana empire, which earned its reputation as ...