The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was sent ...

Researchers say role of West Africa’s oral history should be taken more seriously within global academic record ...

For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

Gunfire has been reported after pirates boarded a tanker off West Africa on Monday night in what has been described as a ...

(Yury Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A mission by a West African regional bloc sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve ...

BISSAU, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's opposition has vowed to bring the West African country to a standstill on Thursday in a dispute over when the five-year mandate of President Umaro ...

The location was said to have country-wide robbery concerns. Travelers who become victim of a robbery are urged to not ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A mission by a West African regional bloc sent to Guinea-Bissau to resolve a dispute over elections there has left the country, following threats by President Umaro Sissoco ...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo enters a hall during his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Yury Kochetkov ...