Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate ...

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 ...

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

A Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, is reportedly manufacturing and illegally exporting unlicensed, ...

Barrick signed the agreement and now it is up to the Mali government to formally approve the deal, the sources told Reuters.

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

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