West Africa has witnessed numerous military coup d'état, bringing several leaders to power who ruled for varying periods.

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed ...

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

The Drug Controller General of India has banned the production of tapentadol and carisoprodol after they were found to be ...

But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West Africa, which produces around 70% of the world's supply. Rising ...

"I want customers to feel like they traveled somewhere in West Africa and they’re really eating the way they would’ve eaten ...

Ristvedt and her husband, Eric, worked at the hospital in Sierra Leone named after her grandfather, Dr. Lowell Gess.