A NEW chapter in African aviation is taking flight as Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Conakry, Cape Verde, and Gambia throw their weight behind the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). The breakthrough came during the 18th plenary session of…
JUNTA-LED Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as of Wednesday, marking a major shift in regional dynamics. Years of strained relations following military coups in these countries between 2020…
WEST Africa, home to some of the world’s richest mineral reserves, is undergoing a seismic shift in its mining sector. The recent actions of military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are upending traditional mining dynamics, unsettling Western companies,…
THE African Development Fund has approved an initial $99.16 million investment to enhance rice cultivation value chains in West Africa. The initiative, part of the Regional West Africa Rice Development project, aims to bolster food security and self-sufficiency in rice…
NIGERIA’S Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in collaboration with other West African nations, is introducing a unified digital driver’s licence and vehicle registration system under the West African Road Safety Organisation (WARSO). This initiative, endorsed by the Economic Community of…
AS the Vice President, West Africa, Pan-African Youth Union, I urge the #EndBadGovernance protesters across Nigeria to heed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appeal and bring an end to the protests. While I acknowledge the frustrations and grievances that led to…
In 2014, when I was working to launch the citizen think tank WATHI, I wrote the following in the concept note I proposed to dozens of friends interested in the present and future of West Africa: ‘West Africa is a…
IN hospitals across West Africa, patients like a 96-year-old woman in Niger lie tethered to IV drips, casualties of a blistering heatwave that has swept the region, attributed to fossil fuel-driven climate change. The heatwave, described as the worst in…
