Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

Chinese refiners have stepped up purchases of Brazilian and West African crude as they reorganise sourcing around sanctions ...

PIX11 News is honoring Black history by examining traditional dance workshops in greater detail. PIX11’s Kirstin Cole was at ...

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

"I want customers to feel like they traveled somewhere in West Africa and they’re really eating the way they would’ve eaten ...

An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis in countries ...