West Africa

West Africa or 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. The population of West Africa is estimated at about 419 million people as of 2021, and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 are female and 192,309,000 male. The region is demographically and economically one of the fastest growing on the African continent. Early history in West Africa included a number of prominent regional powers, that dominated different parts of both the coast and internal trade networks, such as the Mali and Gao Empires.

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Building climate resilient cocoa farming in West Africa - EurekAlert

Colonial legacy: Goethe University Frankfurt researches international project on land use conflicts in West Africa - EurekAlert

Colonial legacy: Goethe University Frankfurt researches international project on land use conflicts in West Africa - EurekAlert

Paper on Land-Use Planning in West Africa Published in IEEE J-STARS

Secrets of sargassum: Scientists advance knowledge of seaweed causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa

Secrets of sargassum: Scientists advance knowledge of seaweed causing chaos in the Caribbean and West Africa - EurekAlert

Climate Change Made an Early Heat Wave in West Africa 10 Times as Likely

A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why

Deadly 'Zombie Drug' Believed to Contain Human Bones Wreaks Havoc in West Africa

Are there really freshwater manatees thriving deep within West Africa?

Research reveals longstanding cultural continuity at oldest occupied site in West Africa

Stone Age Time Capsule: West Africa’s Oldest Occupied Site Unearths 150,000 Years of History

Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal sourced in Germany

Warming Worsened West Africa Floods That Killed 800 People

Diamonds found in four meteorites in north-west Africa probably came from an ancient dwarf planet, and they are expected to be harder than Earth diamonds

Did a second killer asteroid finish the dinosaurs off? Crater in West Africa hints yes.

Did the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs have a sibling? Crater in West Africa hints maybe.

News at a glance: Beijing’s vaccine flip, EU energy flap, and Marburg virus in West Africa

New portal improves forecasts of devastating storms in West Africa

Dust from West Africa Crosses Atlantic Ocean, New Study Says