Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.

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

Ukrainian defenders have captured a Russian army soldier originally from West Africa, who claims he traveled to Saratov, ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.

Ireland has reiterated its commitment to supporting Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in addressing security ...

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

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West Africa, which produces around 70% of the world's supply. Rising ...

"I want customers to feel like they traveled somewhere in West Africa and they’re really eating the way they would’ve eaten ...