West Africa

Severe flooding across West and Central Africa has hit an estimated 4 million people so far this year, many of them children, displacing at least 500,000 people and destroying more than 300,000 homes. The flooding ranges...

According to military and political sources in the area, the ECOWAS military leaders will meet in Ghana this week to consider the possibility of intervening in Niger. The summit took place on Thursday and Friday after...

The biggest number of youngsters have been recruited and utilized by military forces and armed organizations in West and Central Africa. Between 2005 and 2020, this amounted to more than 42,000 infractions. Over the same time...

West Africa’s agricultural sector represents 35% of the region’s GDP and is one of the principal sources of employment for millions of people- up to 80% of the residents in rural areas. However, climate change and...

According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number of people at risk of a food insecurity and malnutrition from 17 million to 50 million...

News Hour: The last of a series of trainings for journalists on migration coverage was carried out by the IOM country office in Burkina Faso. The series of trainings were held in four countries – Senegal,...

News Hour: After a journey lasting six days and covering 2,985 km, a convoy of three buses transporting 137 migrants from Niamey, Niger, arrived in Dakar, Senegal earlier this week. The migrants were from Senegal, Mali,...

News Hour: On the last day of the MIDWA meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire yesterday (25/8), an agreement was reached between the members of the ECOWAS on a joint action plan. Ministers, delegates and experts worked...