A harsh climate for many LGBTQ people in Africa is getting worse. Some blame the US

When 22-year-old Wendy Faith shared a Valentine’s Day kiss with 21-year-old Alesi Diana Denise in Uganda — a country infamous ...
Stars and Stripes

US-led exercise in West Africa aims to help thwart growing sophistication of maritime crime

PRAIA, Cabo Verde — West African countries are adapting their interdiction strategies as drug traffickers and other criminals turn to sophisticated technology to evade detection, U.S. officials said ...
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In West Africa people consider failure as the will of God- Didier Drogba

The former Chelsea hitman believes most Africans and for that matter West Africa have negative mentality. He explained that people use excuses that failure is the will of God and move on in life ...

Hunger crisis is set to get worse in west and central Africa – why and what to do about it

Countries in west and central Africa are facing a food crisis with multiple causes. Estimates in late December 2025 suggested ...
New Scientist

DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England

Two unrelated young people buried in cemeteries in England in the Early Middle Ages probably had grandparents from West Africa. How and when their relatives arrived in Britain is unknown, but the ...
Mongabay

Study finds deforestation fuels West Africa’s water crisis

A new study warns that deforestation across Ghana, Niger and Nigeria is intensifying West Africa’s water crisis, threatening the health and livelihoods of more than 122 million people. Drawing on 12 ...