Stakeholders assert that peace in the troubled Bawku township must go hand-in-hand with economic development after decades of ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

The World Bank’s latest policy note explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) can be strengthened in conflict-prone areas ...

Armed men brutally murdered two catechists in Burkina Faso while they were travelling home last month.The attack by unidentified gunmen took place near the commune of Bondokuy in the Diocese of ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are still members of the West African ... be unable to handle security crises spreading from the conflict-battered Sahel to coastal West African nations.

As Ghana struggles to monitor the porous northern border, impoverished communities are vulnerable to ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established in 1975 with the aim of promoting economic integration ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...