West Africa

  • Aug 13, 2012
  • 2 min read

Discord will likely impede new Malian government

Interim President Dioncounda Traore reappointed his controversial prime minister, Cheick Modibo...

Mali
  • Aug 9, 2012
  • 6 min read

The spread of West African radical Islamism is limited

The recent rise of violent Islamist groups in Nigeria, northern Mali and Mauritania could raise...

West Africa
  • Jul 25, 2012
  • 7 min read

Reform may boost West African long-term cocoa output

Forecasts of cocoa output volume and quality in the world's two leading producers, Ivory Coast...

West Africa
  • May 21, 2012
  • 7 min read

Informal mining challenges gold firms in West Africa

West Africa hosts world-class gold deposits in various geological formations extending from...

West Africa
  • May 17, 2012
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WEST AFRICA: Mali, Bissau will test ECOWAS credibility

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday stated that senior ministers...

West Africa
  • May 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Infrastructure hampers West Africa's Mano River miners

The original Mano River Union (MRU) countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- host some of...

West Africa
  • Apr 30, 2012
  • 7 min read

Mixed interests to blunt West Africa regional security

West Africa remains the world's most coup-prone region. In the last three years almost half of...

West Africa
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 2 min read

ECOWAS near-term West Africa stability role is limited

An Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) extraordinary summit yesterday...

West Africa