happened during 2020 in West Africa. January 3 Nineteen people are killed and homes and other buildings are burned by unidentified gunmen in Tawari, Kogi...

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...

to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. The first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria...

The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقيا‎), meaning "West African Province", is a militant...

The History of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period...

emerged in North, East and West Africa during the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, while the Bantu expansion from 4000 BC until 1000 AD was substantial in laying...

to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. Formed in 1808 after the British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act 1807...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen...

prehistory of West Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in West Africa. West African populations...

South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968, was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day...

27°S 26°E / -27; 26 North West (Tswana: Bokone Bophirima; Afrikaans: Noord-Wes [ˈnuərt.vɛs]) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The...

movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990...

Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic...

British West Africa was the collective name for British settlements in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense...

slavery also occurred, primarily on the eastern coast of Africa and in parts of West Africa. The importance of domestic plantation slavery increased during...

"Ebola: Patient zero was a toddler in Guinea". CNN. Retrieved 14 April 2020. "2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa | History | Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)...

The South Africa cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2021 to play two Test matches and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The...

Kanye West announced his 2020 United States presidential election campaign through Twitter on July 4, 2020. On July 16, 2020, the campaign filed a Statement...

This is a list of events in 2021 in West Africa. Chief of state and Head of government: President Patrice Talon (since 2016) Chief of state: President...

CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; Union Économique...

that happened during 2020 in East Africa. The countries listed are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for East Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)...

The music of West Africa has a significant history, and its varied sounds reflect the wide range of influences from the area's regions and historical...

National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as a part of its policy...

happened during 2020 in Middle Africa, also called Central Africa. The countries listed are those described are: Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic...

not been found in the region of West Africa. As of 2020, human ancient DNA has not been forthcoming in the region of West Africa. In 4000 BP (or even...

Basal West African is a hypothetical line of descent that is no longer extant. Utilizing Western Africans (e.g., Esan of Nigeria, Mende of Sierra Leone...

German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise...

traditions. In some cases, broader regional styles can be identified, such as the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of West Africa. A common theme in traditional...

Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African countries and territories...