Violence from armed groups and criminal networks is on the rise across West Africa.

Violence from armed groups and criminal networks is on the rise across West Africa.
The attack is the latest in a string of deadly attacks in northern Benin by groups linked with al-Qaeda and ISIL.
France says the fighters were responsible for deadly attacks in Benin whose victims included a Frenchman.
No immediate claim of responsibility for attack at W National Park, which also wounded 10 people.
Fears grow that violence that has crippled countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over further south.
Bernardin respects the aluminium recycling traditions of his Benin village but his temper gets him into trouble.
Benin’s President Talon travelled to Paris to bring home the artefacts that were stolen by French forces 130 years ago.
Institutions in the UK and France return artefacts to Nigeria and Benin following years-long campaigns.
Before October 20, abortion was allowed only in specific circumstances, but now the country has legalised it.
Under the new law, women can terminate a pregnancy within the first three months under certain conditions.
World leaders are gathering to revitalise commitments to end energy poverty for all.
Virus detected in two districts near the country’s capital, Porto Novo, agriculture ministry says.
Filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain shares her experience of growing up Black with white parents in East Germany in the 1960s.
Electoral commission announces preliminary results of April 11 vote, says turnout stood at a little over 50 percent.