Archaeologists perplexed to find West African ancestry in early medieval England - Findings show clear signs of non-European ...

An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ghana – the first by an Indian leader in more than three decades – put resources, trade, and security cooperation at the center of a renewed ...

Much of West Africa, home to the world’s top cocoa producers, is heading into another disappointing harvest. Despite better ...

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong ...

A recent military takeover in Niger has thrown into uncertainty the future of France’s presence in West and Central Africa, raising doubts about the future of U.S. military involvement there, too.

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). While the specifics are ...

Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Senegal. She joined The Times in 2019 after three and a half years covering West Africa for The Guardian.

Archaeologists have analyzed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in 7th-century-AD cemeteries on the south coast of ...