The decision by eight mainly Francophone West African countries to abandon the CFA currency they have used since before their independence from France has been widely trumpeted as representing the end ...

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has urged West African leaders to deepen regional integration, confront economic and security challenges head-on, and embrace a renewed vision of unity.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Next month, the Sebé Kan West African Dance and Music concert returns to the Newmark Theater. We sat down with the founder of the dance company to learn more about the ...

Digital payments gateway Peach Payments has agreed to acquire West-African payment platform PayDunya. In the process, it enters mainland Francophone Africa for the first time, following its ...

ATHENS, - West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

The landscape of West African rugby took a monumental step forward with the official inauguration of the Union of African Rugby Federations of West Africa (UFOAR) in Abidjan. The historic event ...

Gold deposits were formed within west Africa's craton rocks during a major tectonic event, known as the Eburnean Orogeny, 2.2 billion to 2.08 billion years ago.

It’s a podcast studio, co-working and performance space, a hub of West African history, and a thriving Black-owned cultural mainstay in Jersey City’s changing landscape. When five family ...

ABIDJAN - The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and ...

As a youngster, she leaned into color and pattern ... The Fulani people of West Africa had an entirely oral language, Pulaar, which was recorded only in handwritten notebooks by two brothers.

Mastercard has opened its first office in Accra, Ghana, expanding its operations in West Africa. This strategic milestone demonstrates Mastercard’s commitment to helping the country’s ...