Travel and tourism in a COVID-19 era: Lessons from South Africa
Thekiso Rakolojane, West African Hub Head, SA tourism spoke exclusively to GuardianTV about travel and tourism in the COVID-19 era.…
US President Trump promises to send ventilators to Nigeria
Nigerian officials say US President Donald Trump has promised to send the West African nations ventilators to help it tackle the Nigeria Coronavirus .…
Burkina Faso: Church attack kills dozens
A shooting near a Protestant church left dozens dead in northern Burkina Faso. The West African country, one of the poorest in the world, is one of several in the Sahel region…
Northern Nigeria hit by severe dust, haze, and biting harmattan
It's January and harmattan is biting hard in Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria. Harmattan is a season in the West African subcontinent, which occurs between the end of November and the middle of…
Gambia’s first post-independence president Jawara dies at 95
Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Gambia's first post-independence president who led the tiny West African country for 24 years before being deposed in a 1994 coup, has died at the age of 95, the…
Benin: Soldiers shoot at protesters in post-election unrest
Footage of the demonstrations shows security services firing their guns and water cannons at crowds. Activists have warned of deteriorating freedoms in the long-stable West African nation.…
Unemployment crisis in Nigeria identified as cause of violence and instability
The world's centre of poverty - the West African country of Nigeria has borne this sad title since last year. Despite enormous oil reserves, 87 million Nigerians, almost half the population, live…
Why I followed Buhari to China – Nasir El-Rufai
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended further invitation to Chinese investors and tourists to Nigeria and the West African Sub-region.…
Separatist violence grips Anglophone Western Cameroon
Insurgents in English-speaking regions of western Cameroon have launched a series of attacks on security forces. Calls for Anglophone autonomy in the West African country have escalated since the government cracked down…
Sunjata Keita, the founder of the Mali Empire
West African storytellers still sing the praises of Sunjata Keita today. Crippled as a child, he overcame his disability to unify the fragmented kingdoms of the region, creating the vast medieval Mali…
Ghana airport get e-gates
West African nation of Ghana has launched 10 e-gates at the Kotoka International Airport, Ghana. The e-gate is expected to Identify, authenticate and verify passengers and their documents for a more secure…