A Boat That Left The Gambia Reached Gran Canaria After 27 Days
A Canary Islands migrant boat that left The Gambia 27 days earlier was found adrift with 44 survivors and five...
September 4, 2026Topic
West Africa
Ivory Coast Holds Its Cocoa Price at a 57% Discount, and 1.1 Million Farmers Feel It
Ivory Coast held its cocoa farmgate price at 1,200 CFA francs (US$2.12) a kilo for 2026/27, 57% below the 2025/26...
September 2, 2026
Guinea-Bissau Votes 70% for a Presidency With Far More Power
The Guinea-Bissau constitution was approved by 70% of voters on provisional results, expanding presidential powers before December's election.
September 2, 2026
Ghana’s Gold Board Promises US$1.4 Billion of Dollars in September
Ghana gold foreign exchange earnings are targeted at US$1.4bn in September 2026, split between commercial banks and central bank reserves,...
September 1, 2026
A Sahel Junta and a Coastal Democracy Just Agreed Where Their Border Runs
The Ivory Coast Mali border route has been definitively adopted in Bamako, and a delimitation treaty is expected to be...
September 1, 2026
Liberia Grew 5.1 Percent, and the World Bank Calls It Jobless
Liberia growth reached an estimated 5.1 percent in 2025, driven by a 42 percent surge in iron ore output, with...
August 28, 2026
Operation Jackal IV: 58 Arrests, and an Argentine Supply Line
Operation Jackal IV ended with 58 arrests and 263 suspects identified, including 39 arrests in Johannesburg and a service network...
August 27, 2026
A Council That Didn’t Exist Got US$975,000 in Nigeria’s Budget
Nigeria's Budget Office let a council that never legally existed into the 2026 budget with N1.3 billion (about US$975,000) attached,...
August 27, 2026
Nigeria Now Ships Seven Times More Fuel Than It Did Three Years Ago
Nigeria petroleum exports rose from 46,000 barrels a day in 2023 to 350,000 in the second quarter of 2026, US...
August 27, 2026