Nigeria and other parts of West Africa are facing growing concerns over industrial-scale crystal methamphetamine production as authorities uncover laboratories allegedly linked to international criminal networks.

Ibrahim Traoré is making a bold move to seize greater control of Burkina Faso’s gold wealth, opening the country’s first gold refinery as his junta pushes to process more of the precious metal at home and keep a bigger share of mining revenues within the country.

General Birame Diop has taken over as President of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, succeeding Omar Alieu Touray.

LAGOS — Dangote Cement is considering buying its own ships after encountering difficulties securing vessels to transport cement from Nigeria to other West African countries. The company’s head of international