West Africa

A man works on bamboo mat in Monrovia, Liberia, October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Liberia improves in economic opportunity but still tax mobilization, infrastructure, and business environment struggle to see gains

Thursday, September 16, 2021

French soldiers of the "Belleface" Desert Tactical Group (GTD) conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. Picture taken July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa

Monday, August 30, 2021

Paper currency F CFA (XOF) of the West African monetary union displayed in bills of 10,000 francs laid out in fan isolated on wooden background

CFA franc zone: Economic development and the post-COVID recovery

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Map of West Africa

Is West Africa ready for a single currency?

Aloysius Uche Ordu, Ali Zafar, and Jan Muench

Friday, July 30, 2021

An employee cleans a machine inside the factory of the baobab Fruit Company Senegal in Thies, Senegal June 22, 2018. Picture taken June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister

Reconciling economic growth and youth employment creation in Senegal

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye

Monday, July 26, 2021

Driver of a Golf Club Car drives to the main building of the Aqua Safari Resort. Relax at a luxury beach resort. Modern architecture. Travel and vacation in West Africa. Ghana, Volta, Ada – Jan14,2017

Addressing youth unemployment in Ghana by supporting the agro-processing and tourism sectors

Ernest Aryeetey, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, and Festus Ebo Turkson

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Economic Community of West African States member countries flags on world map with national borders

Monetary meld

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Residents walk near destroyed homes with the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: Mali coup, African vaccine production, and DRC volcano eruption

Tamara White, Leo Holtz, and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, May 29, 2021

A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah January 30, 2015. Health officials botched more than 20 Ebola blood tests in January and February which led to the release of at least four positive patients, two of whom later died, Guinea's anti-Ebola coordinator and other health officials told Reuters. Picture taken January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (GUINEA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)

Africa in the News: Risk of Ebola outbreak grows, South African economy rebounds, and politics update

Chris Heitzig and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 13, 2021

A second-hand clothes vendor examines a jean jacket in his shop at the Yaba market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lagos, Nigeria March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Deepening access to capital for Nigerian MSMEs during a pandemic

Monday, March 8, 2021