Africa has become the world’s dumping grounds

We are in a new era of flesh exchange, one where depraved regimes in the West deal with middle men and warlords in Africa, ...
The Economist

As the West turns inward, Africa looks eastward to China

Western countries have reduced aid and military support to Africa, prompting African nations to pivot towards the east, particularly China ...
The Manila Times

MicrobiotiX and West Africa Centre for Innovative Research and Care in Ghana Sign MoU to Advance Clinical Development of Bacteriophage Therapeutics and Combat AMR·MDR in Africa

MicrobiotiX, a company specializing in the development of novel bacteriophage therapeutics, announced on the 12th of November 2025 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the West ...
The Boston Globe

Three coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday, the culmination of a ...
The Boston Globe

Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade as the region reels from sweeping aid cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts.
Reuters

West Africa’s version of Brexit is as bad an idea

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African ...
The New York Times

Following a Nigerian Thread, a Designer Unwraps an African Region

Lani Adeoye brings her Nigerian heritage and global perspective to a West African crafts display at Salone del Mobile. By Ifeoluwa Adedeji This article is part of our Design special report previewing ...