West African countries are pushing for the construction of a major highway network that would connect five countries —from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. According to the African Development Bank, every participating country will benefit economically from the project.
Analysts observing political developments in Niger report that economic sanctions imposed on the West African nation by the ECOWAS bloc and Western nations have driven up food prices nationwide and could eventually lead to food insecurity.
Western diplomats fear the spread of extremist groups and persistent economic and social problems in Western Africa and the Sahel are nearing a tipping point that could have disastrous consequences for the region and beyond
The African members of the U.N. Security Council urged their counterparts on Tuesday to support sanctions imposed this week on Mali’s coup leaders by a bloc of West African nations