The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates detected on Tuesday the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in a young woman who traveled from West Africa. The government said little about the patient, but stressed that authorities were investigating her contacts and "taking all necessary measures" to limit the…

New report finds evidence that some seized ammunition in Niger came from West African state stockpiles.

The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times.

Violence from armed groups and criminal networks is on the rise across West Africa.

DENVER — The Denver Art Museum has formally removed a looted Benin plaque from its collection — the first step toward repatriating a prized relic that the British plundered in West Africa more than a century ago.

Monkeypox is a viral condition usually associated with travel to West Africa but these patients haven't travelled to places where it is endemic

A person in England has been diagnosed with a rare viral monkeypox infection thought to be linked to travel to West Africa, health authorities said on Saturday.

The disease, which is similar to smallpox, is usually found in central and West Africa

The Sahel – the region just south of the Sahara – is home to the world’s fastest growing extremist group, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin or JNIM, and the most deadly group, Islamic State in West Africa, according to the 2022 Global Terrorism Index.