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Several conditions must be met to ensure the successful launch and operation of a multilateral currency.
New research on Ilorin in Nigeria provides insights into regional socio-political developments prior to the 19th century.
Ecowas has a patchy track record when it comes to ensuring cooperation and security across west Africa – member states are now starting to leave.
Nigeria is beset with security threats. Confronting them will take regional and international cooperation.
The decision by the three countries could change the dynamics of Ecowas.
Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
To better understand Ghanaian women in Manchester, England, we asked them to tell the “stories” of their everyday cooking through photographs.
The Sahara Desert is green and vegetated every 21,000 years. A climate model shows why.
The terrorism discourse in Ghana shows how flawed views of the war on terror continue to shape thinking about security.
Initiating a circular economy can help coastal west African countries to address plastic pollution with a World Bank fund.
Christian leaders in Ghana are pushing the envelope of influence in political affairs.
Beyond ordinary consumption, new research finds uses for kola nut in areas like agriculture and health.
Ghana and other west African cocoa growing countries must harness their combined bargaining strength to address the challenges plaguing cocoa farming.
No US president has set foot on sub-Saharan Africa since 2015 – and it hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Ali Bongo is the latest in a string of leaders to be ousted in military coups since 2020.
Russia was using the mercenary group to further its foreign policy aims in west Africa. There’s no reason to think Prigozhin’s death will change that.
A geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as uranium is behind the wrangling over Niger.
All eyes are on Nigeria where west African countries are discussing the possibility of military intervention to reverse the coup.
New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
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