The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faces growing threats of terrorism, climate change, military coups, ...

Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes detailed representations of parts of Northern Africa. His work is significant not only ...

Greenland is larger than any American state, but 80% of it is buried beneath an ice sheet. Almost 90% of the nearly 60,000 ...

Rwanda’s national carrier has been forced to abandon three of its West African routes due to the cost of operating them following a ban by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from using its ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three years after a California teenager died by suicide, four men in West Africa have been arrested on suspicion of participating in “international sextortion scheme ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed optimism about West Africa’s economic future, saying it is bright as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

The Kwara State Government has unveiled a 70-meter flagpole, describing it as the tallest in the West African region to make a bold declaration of identity and pride. The State Commissioner for ...

“In Africa, there is deep frustration with the traditional leadership, so there is polarized anger towards a scapegoat that is the west.” West Africa, meanwhile, has a history of young men ...

Tullow Oil has signed a deal to sell its stakes in a swathe of oil and gas assets in Gabon for $300 million in cash, net of tax. In late March, the London-listed player agreed to sell its wholly ...

West Indies pacer Matthew Forde smashed the joint-fastest fifty in ODI cricket. Forde took 16 balls to reach the milestone in the match against Ireland in the second one day, on Friday in Dublin ...