Located on the Atlantic coast, The Gambia is known as the "Smiling Coast" of West Africa. On the map, the country is tightly surrounded by Senegal on the north, east, and south, with its territory ...

Countries in West Africa and the Sahel are facing a mixed outlook of expanding prosperity and innovation on one hand, and escalating hardship and insecurity on the other. Senegal and Côte D’Ivoire for ...

was named after the region of Guinea in West Africa because the gold used to produce it came from there. On opposite sides of the Congo River lie two countries named after it: the Democratic ...