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June 8, 2024, 1:38 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Russia's top diplomat promises more military support for Burkina Faso as he tours West Africa
June 7, 2024, 6:32 AM ET (NASA (.gov))
Paper on Land-Use Planning in West Africa Published in IEEE J-STARS
June 6, 2024, 1:36 AM ET (Reuters)
West African nations call for firms to be able to offset carbon
May 31, 2024, 2:34 PM ET (AP)
A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors
May 19, 2024, 4:33 PM ET (AP)
US troops, equipment will depart from Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says
western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Western Africa is a term used in the Encyclopædia Britannica to designate a geographic region within the continent of Africa. The term West Africa is also often used to refer to this part of the continent. As conventionally understood, however, West Africa is primarily a political and economic designation and comprises all the areas considered here except Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and ...(100 of 31209 words)