Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report released by the African ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

What is ECOWAS and what does it do? Widely seen as West Africa’s leading political and regional authority, the 15-nation bloc ...

Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang says Africa’s economic future hinges on deeper regional integration, as it remains the key to unlocking sustainable growth and shared prosperity.

A £299million road is set to be built in the West African landlocked country of Niger as part of an ambitious strategy to improve its road infrastructure and promote economic and social development.

With a third round of hostage and prisoner exchanges completed and signs that the Israel-Gaza ceasefire is still holding, reviving talks on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC ...

France has given up most of its military footprint across west Africa with astonishing speed. By the end of the year, the only remaining French base in Africa will be in Djibouti. Driven by ...

But around 2,150 years ago, the researchers detected “a very strong and abrupt increase" in lead emissions caused by human activities across ... s society and economy. As Roman trade, colonies ...

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The wholesale redevelopment of Scarborough’s West Pier was set to be approved ... councillors said they wanted more details about “the economic benefits as well as economic losses as they ...

The country's gross domestic product shrunk by 0.2 per cent in November on a monthly basis from a 0.3 per cent rise in October, led by a drop in output in mining, quarrying, oil sands extraction ...