Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released

This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported that almost 400 kg of heroin was ...

West Africa is characterized by a considerable population mobility, most especially of the young. Many of them quit their home villages for the big cities or even neighbouring countries, seeking better economic perspectives for themselves and their ...

West African Resources has returned positive metallurgical results for its Sartenga copper and gold discovery in Burkina Faso with initial test work indicating that the mineralization is amenable to treatment via conventional grinding and flotation ...

Agartala, May 15 : A court in Sonamura in west Tripura has asked jail authorities to ensure proper treatment to an African national arrested with fake passport at the Indo-Bangla border on May 13. Amadu Kargbo, a resident of Freetown in Sierra Leon, was sent ...

Niger is one of the West African countries contributing forces to the French-led mission in northern Mali.

A Keralite youth was shot dead by robbers in West African country Ghana where he had gone for business deals of a cashew processing company he was employed with, according to information received by his family here. The victim was identified as Rajesh ...

If Indian companies do not quickly move into West Africa, Western firms will control the $300-million strong market, says Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros.

At least 30 people died when a boat, carrying 60 illegal immigrants, capsized off the coast of Gabon, a west African country, Xinhua reported. Several survivors were found and 30 bodies recovered after the boats sank at night in the waters off the coast of ...

India's efforts to raise its engagement with French-speaking Cote d'Ivoire - the former Ivory Coast - will see the formation of an India-Cote d'Ivoire Business Council that can serve as a bridge to the west African region.