West Africa

Due to the border closures across West Africa, at least 30,000 migrants are stranded at borders.

United Nations in West and Central Africa concerned over increased vulnerabilities of migrants

Every year, thousands of seasonal workers from West and Central Africa travel to gold mining areas in Burkina Faso, Senegal or Mali.

Migration flows across West and Central Africa nearly halved by COVID-19; mobile populations economically impacted

Placed at the centre of their national or local business ecosystem, the consular chambers¹ in Africa have effectively been mobilized to mitigate the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has on businesses.

Consular chambers to the rescue of businesses: The COVID-19 crisis in French-speaking Africa

Africa COVID-19

IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Africa West Africa

KOICA-funded SheTrades West Africa project continues to support MSMEs and farmers in agricultural value chains

ITC continues to empower women in West Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic

Africa COVID-19

IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Africa West Africa

Truckers from Guinea wait to be screened for Ebola at the busy Konadu checkpoint in Lofa County, Liberia.

Liberia again declared free of Ebola transmission as number of cases remains stable in wider West Africa

West Africa has potential to strengthen its agricultural sector

Africa West Africa

Piracy in West Africa

Good Governance piracy

A bumpy road to maritime security

Floods: Stemming the tide in West Africa

West Africa Disaster Management

More investment needed for prevention programmes

Is democracy under threat in West Africa?

democracy coups

Coups in Mali and Guinea-Bissau, democratic defence in Senegal

Northern Mali’s ‘city of saints’ suffers rebel fury

Destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums is “repugnant,” says UN