Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.

NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu continues his journey along West Africa's most ambitious urban corridor. In Togo, he meets the Nana Benz — icons of past prosperity in a region where opportunity is shifting.

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ghana – the first by an Indian leader in more than three decades – put resources, trade, and security cooperation at the center of a renewed ...

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Ghana is increasingly being positioned as a central pillar of U.S. strategy in West Africa, not because of the scale of American aid it receives, but because of what Washington believes Accra can ...

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On paper, Ghana looks like West Africa’s most ambitious electric vehicle (EV) pioneer. Over 17,000 EVs were already on the country’s roads by the end of 2024 – mostly scooters, tricycles and electric ...

Extremist groups competing for territory across West Africa could turn the region into a fluid insurgency corridor spanning roughly the distance from London to Rome and spark even more violence. West ...

As tensions simmer in Ghana’s conflict-prone Bawku area – a 740km drive from Accra – close to the volatile Burkina Faso border, a familiar figure has stepped forward once again: Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, ...

Secret third-country deportation agreements leave West African migrants in danger, with some sent back to countries where they fear torture or death, despite U.S. assurances. An army officer stands ...

On the Other Side of Languish exhibition by Reginald Sylvester II. Debut exhibition of the Limbo Museum in Ghana, West Africa. Image Courtesy of Limbo Museum On the Other Side of Languish exhibition ...

A coalition of international organizations has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to tackle the region’s deepening fisheries decline. Led by the IUCN (the global wildlife ...