An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

Eight years ago, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ... constitutional reform remains elusive. Dubbed the 'Barrow Constitution', it is silent on whether or when the clause ...

Would strong regional central banks or even a continental central bank have helped? The regional experience of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gives a glimpse of what is needed ...

Chatham House convening and research focuses on social norms and anti-corruption programming in Nigeria; cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; ...

Banner image: The African golden cat is endemic to West and Central Africa. They are hard to physically track due to their elusive nature. Image courtesy of Badru Mugerwa / Embaka.

Carlo Allegri/Reuters The West needs to pay close attention to how they react to African countries' silence on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and avoid seeming patronizing and dismissive to ...

Closely related to African savanna elephants, the smaller, more elusive and critically endangered African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) roam Central Africa’s rainforests, holding them ...