DAKAR, SENEGAL — Renewable energy must serve as more than a technical fix for electricity demand; it must be a key driver in transforming economic activities...
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DAKAR, Senegal — A major parliamentary summit is opening in the Senegalese capital this week to address the energy crisis gripping rural West Africa, where...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament is to launch a digital onboarding initiative aimed at integrating small and medium-sized...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire have agreed to significantly expand their economic partnerships and step up joint military intelligence sharing in a...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Lawmakers from across West Africa have adopted a landmark resolution aimed at clearing thousands of vulnerable children from the streets and...
NAIROBI, Kenya — French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a €23bn ($27bn) investment package for Africa, declaring that the era of European...
Lawmakers from across West Africa have converged on Freetown, Sierra Leone, for an emergency Joint Committee meeting aimed at harmonising laws to protect...
LOME, Togo — The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament has called for a radical transformation of the region’s education systems, warning that the...
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima, has called for urgent action to protect the rights of women and girls across...
A new partnership between the United Nations and mobile giant Africell is set to provide high-speed digital connectivity to student entrepreneurs in two of...