Five West African countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo — established the Accra Initiative in 2017 in order to collaborate against violent extremism in the region.

Mpox Map Reveals Countries with Clade 1 Risk. Published Aug 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM EDT. By . ... which had been contracted on a visit to one of the African countries currently seeing an outbreak.

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

The west African bloc set a deadline of Sunday for the coup leaders in Niger to relinquish power. ... Africa Map Shows Which Ecowas Countries Could Invade Niger. Published Aug 07, ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

West African leaders’ summit opens as coup-hit countries form alliance. The formation of Sahel alliance by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger overshadows ECOWAS summit, set to open in Abuja.