🌐 Entity

West Africa

Westernmost region of Africa

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📌 Topics

Agriculture Crisis (2)
Economic Diversification (2)
Political unrest (1)
Government crackdown (1)
Illegal Fishing (1)
Marine Conservation (1)
Political repression (1)
Democratic erosion (1)
Cocoa Market (1)
Economic Policy (1)
Agricultural Pricing (1)

🏷️ Keywords

West Africa (6) · Guinea (2) · farmers (2) · commodity crash (2) · alternative crops (2) · opposition leader (1) · direct resistance (1) · political parties dissolved (1) · political tensions (1) · government action (1) · Galápagos of West Africa (1) · floating fish factories (1) · illegal fishing (1) · marine biodiversity (1) · overfishing (1) · sustainable fisheries (1) · coastal communities (1) · opposition parties (1) · dissolution (1) · one-party state (1)

📖 Key Information

West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (a United Kingdom Overseas Territory). As of 2021, the population of West Africa is estimated at 419 million, and approximately 382 million in 2017, of which 189.7 million were female and 192.3 million male.

📰 Related News (6)

🇬🇧 Guinea opposition leader urges 'direct resistance' after 40 parties dissolved (2026-03-09)
Cellou Dalein Diallo accuses the junta-leader-turned-president of erasing political threats....
🇬🇧 How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories (2026-03-09)
<p>A Guardian investigation with DeSmog reveals thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal and oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau<...
🇺🇸 One ‘party state’: Guinea dissolves main opposition parties (2026-03-08)
Decree strips parties of legal status and assets, as opposition leader calls on Guineans to resist....
🇺🇸 Rotting cocoa and a commodity crash push West African farmers to seek other options (2026-03-08)
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in West Africa rely on cocoa farming for a living. In Ivory Coast, cocoa bean exports make up 40% of the total export...
🇺🇸 Cocoa beans rot and West African farmers seek other options after commodity crash (2026-03-08)
Manu Yaw Fofie was born into the cocoa farming business, but the land bequeathed to him has become more of a burden than a blessing. A sharp fall in c...
🇺🇸 Exclusive-Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa price cut, sources say (2026-02-18)

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People and organizations frequently mentioned alongside West Africa:

Guinea · 2 shared articles
Cocoa production in Ivory Coast · 1 shared articles
Ivory Coast · 1 shared articles
Ghana · 1 shared articles