Heavy rains have left at least 74 people dead in Ivory Coast and Ghana over the past few days, with the worst downpour occurring Sunday and Monday.
Flooded neighborhoods following heavy rains on June 29 in Accra, Ghana, in this photo released by Ghana's National Disaster Management Organisation. Ghana's National Disaster Management Organisation
Niger is considering introducing military conscription as part of domestic efforts to combat Islamist militants who pose a threat to stability in the West African country, a security official said.
Niger is considering introducing military conscription as part of domestic efforts to combat Islamist militants who pose a threat to stability in the West African country, a security official said.
Nigerian soldiers are seen at the base after French soldiers vacate the military base, to their Nigerien counterparts, during a formal ceremony in Niamey, Niger on Dec. 22, 2023.
Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.
Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.
Brice Oligui Nguema is draped with a Gabon flag while celebrating his presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Libreville on April 13, 2025.
Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.
Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.
Brice Oligui Nguema is draped with a Gabon flag while celebrating his presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Libreville on April 13, 2025.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization plans to mobilize more than $200 million in private investment for Ivory Coast’s agriculture sector.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization plans to mobilize more than $200 million in private investment for Ivory Coast’s agriculture sector.
Workers cut cocoa pods from trees on a farm in Azaguie, Ivory Coast. Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg
Unidentified attackers who staged an assault on Niger’s capital came dangerously close to a stockpile of uranium removed from French company Orano SA’s mine.
Unidentified attackers who staged an assault on Niger’s capital came dangerously close to a stockpile of uranium removed from French company Orano SA’s mine.
Somair mineral treatment plant near the uranium opencast mine in the Air desert, Niger.
Ivory Coast lawmakers elected a former prime minister from Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party as speaker of parliament, nearly a month after legislative elections held in late December.
Ivory Coast lawmakers elected a former prime minister from Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party as speaker of parliament, nearly a month after legislative elections held in late December.
Ivory Coast's National Assembly newly selected speaker Patrick Achi reacts after his election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Jan. 17.
President Emmanuel Macron called for a renewed push by French companies and financiers into Africa, arguing that excessive regulation and corporate caution have allowed rivals to displace France from markets it once dominated.
President Emmanuel Macron called for a renewed push by French companies and financiers into Africa, arguing that excessive regulation and corporate caution have allowed rivals to displace France from markets it once dominated.
France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech to French ambassadors during the Ambassadors' Conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Michel Euler / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.
The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.
Patients at the Raoul Follereau Institute near Adzope, Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara casts a ballot at a polling station in Cocody, Abidjan, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.
Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.
Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said.
Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said.
The oil wharf at the Port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast on June 19.
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