One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous ...

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

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

Democracy in West Africa is regressing due to poor governance and bad leadership, providing excuses for military coups, ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said impartial electoral commissions and non-partisan security operatives are key to ...

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

The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...