The NEXT Weather team is monitoring an area of low pressure that is looking better defined as it approaches the Cabo Verde Islands Sunday night.

While the system does not pose an immediate threat to Louisiana, forecasters with the local National Weather Service office ...

The ENABLE 1.5 Lassa Research Programme has continued in West Africa to address gaps in knowledge on Lassa fever, its connection with malaria, and community readiness for forthcoming vaccines.The ...

Much of West Africa, home to the world’s top cocoa producers, is heading into another disappointing harvest. Despite better ...

West African cocoa production, which has faced two successive below-average harvests, is likely to see another 10% decline in the upcoming 2025/26 season despite marginally improved weather conditions ...

A well-defined low pressure system has formed about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands and has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S.

After a 27-year hiatus, drilling has resumed at one of West Africa’s oldest offshore oil fields, as Singapore-based Akrake ...

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong ...

Ruth Maclean is the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Senegal. She joined The Times in 2019 after three and a half years covering West Africa for The Guardian.

By legally recognizing these children of Africa, Benin is healing a historical wound. It is an act of justice, but also one ...