WEST AFRICAN MUSIC: THE SOUNDTRACK OF GLOBAL HUMANITY

This Black History Month 2025, historian and ethnomusicologist Archbishop Doye T. Agama releases “The Story of West African Music,” a groundbreaking exploration of how West African sounds have shaped global culture. Unlike previous works focusing...

Police Investigate Attempted Kidnapping of 11-Year-Old Girl by Four North African Migrants in Barcelona Province

Catalan police are investigating an attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl in the town of Torelló, north of Barcelona, after four North African men attempted to bundle her into a vehicle as she returned home from her local supermarket. The...

‘50% of southern Africa citizens lack access to clean energy’

‘50% of southern Africa citizens lack access to clean energy’ SOUTHERN Africa, home to nearly 400 million people, is grappling with significant energy access and security issues, with approximately 200 million people lacking access to clean and...

East African Community deploys election observation mission to Tanzania

Amandla Institute to host dialogue on reimagining West Africa’s regional integration

The Amandla Institute for Policy and Leadership Advancement is set to host a meeting of experts to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that have defined West Africa’s integration journey. According to a statement issued by the institute on...

Procurement and social contract in western and central Africa: Building trust under pressure

Procurement as a mirror of fragility Public procurement in Western and Central Africa is where commitments result in functional roads that hold up during rainy seasons, clinics that operate as scheduled, and services delivered on time. When those...

Cocoa Prices Fall on Favorable West Africa Growing Conditions

Chocolate swirls processed cocoa by Jitendrajadhav via iStock December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Monday closed down -137 (-2.17%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed down -146 (-3.23%). Cocoa prices closed sharply lower on Monday amid...

Get set for a wild weekend: Great Southern Bioblitz 2025 Ignites Southern Africa!

Nature enthusiasts, mark your calendars! From Friday, October 24, to Monday, October 27, 2025, Southern Africa is throwing its doors wide open to the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) – a thrilling four-day mission to uncover the wild wonders of our...

British jails reliant on West African prison officers

Prisons are so reliant on west African officers that they could be “very hard” to run after a visa crackdown, the watchdog has said. Charlie Taylor, HM Inspector of Prisons, said Home Office visa changes would cause an exodus of foreign prison...

West African unity must begin with language, culture – Turner-Moyet

Olaide Turner-Moyet is the director of Alliance Française, Ibadan. A multidisciplinary artist, educationist, entrepreneur and Pan-Africanist, her approach blends language acquisition with cultural immersion, using art, music, and community...

Tanzania finish third at East and Central Africa Golf tourney

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s women’s national golf team put up a spirited performance to finish third overall at the 2025 East and Central Africa All Africa Challenge Trophy (EACAACT), held at the picturesque Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort in...

Majority Leader supports decision to accept West African deportees

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has backed the decision of the government to accept West African deportees from the United States of America to Ghana. According to Mr Ayariga, every citizen of the Economic Community of West...

Inside the work of photographer Seydou Keïta, who captured portraits across West Africa

In April 2024, curator and author Catherine E McKinley travelled to Mali to meet the family of legendary photographer Seydou Keïta, to discuss an upcoming exhibition and to ask for their participation. Celebrated as one of the most outstanding...

West Africa Economic Outlook: Ghana and Nigeria – Q2 2025 Up...

As 2025 approaches its final quarter, Ghana and Nigeria—two of West Africa’s largest economies—have shown notable resilience amidst global economic uncertainty. Both nations are navigating inflationary pressures, fiscal adjustments, and sectoral...

Aurum hits 11 ounce dirt in West Africa.

The results reinforce previously-revealed impressive intercepts from BST1 that include 20m at 10.45 g/t gold and another hole which nailed 30m going 8.30g/t gold from 39m. True widths for both deposits are estimated at 60-80% of downhole lengths....

The Digital Dream: How West African Youths Are Redefining Innovation -By Maryam Umar Shariff

Across the cities and villages of West Africa, a new generation is rising — one that thinks in code, connects through screens, and dreams in digital colors. From Lagos to Accra, Banjul to Bamako, young people are harnessing technology to transform...

East Africa lawyers demand release of two abducted activists

Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo. [File, Standard] Lawyers across East Africa have joined human rights groups in demanding the release of two Kenyan activists abducted and detained in neighbouring Uganda. In a statement on Friday, the East...

Equatorial Coca-Cola expands production in Morocco with new production lines 

MOROCCO – Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC), the authorized bottler for The Coca-Cola Company in West and North Africa, has inaugurated two new production lines at its Nouaceur plant in Morocco. According to local reports, the...

International Migration: Libya remains the most dangerous crossing point for migrants in North Africa

Tripoli – The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, has warned that Libya remains a dangerous place for migrants and asylum seekers compared to other North African countries, where they are subjected to...

IOM: Immigration route through Libya is the most dangerous in North Africa

The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, said that Libya remains a dangerous place for immigrants and asylum seekers compared to other North African countries, as they face severe abuses, including...