West Africa

Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and the cultural heart of the continent.

465 stories in this region.

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Nigeria
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Abidjan
Accra
Dakar
Nadir Crater
Lake Piso
Robertsport
Lomboko
Turtle Islands
Sherbro Island
Banana Islands
Tombo, Sierra Leone
Charlotte, Sierra Leone
Lion Mountains
Regent, Sierra Leone
Tokeh, Sierra Leone
Waterloo, Sierra Leone
Western Area Peninsula National Park
Bonthe District
Bonthe
Mattru Jong
Tiwai Island
Bo, Sierra Leone
Poilão
Bijagos Islands
Orango National Park
Orangozinho
João Vieira and Poilão Marine National Park
Pongo River (Guinea)
Boké Museum
Boké
Bunce Island
Fourah Bay College
Freetown Fuel Tanker Explosion
Freetown
King's Yard
Siege of Freetown
Sierra Leone National Museum
Sierra Leone National Railway Museum
Sierra Leone River
Operation Barras
Îles de Los
Loos Islands
Conakry
French Guinea
Camp Boiro
Operation Green Sea
Sandervalia National Museum
Sierra Leone
Mabilafu
Makeni
Outamba-Kilimi National Park
Lake Sonfon
Maritime Guinea
Kindia
Dalaba
Battle of Porédaka
Fugumba
Timbo, Guinea
Cape Mesurado: The Headland Where Liberia Began
Ducor Hotel: Africa's Five-Star Ruin
Edward J. Roye Building: The Skyscraper That Outlived Its Party
Executive Mansion, Monrovia: A Palace That Has Seen Everything
The Harvard African Expedition: Eight Scientists, 3,500 Miles, and a Future Nobel Prize
Liberian National Museum
Monrovia Church Massacre
Providence Island, Liberia
Siege of Monrovia
Temple of Justice (Liberia)
The Daily Talk
Monkey Island, Liberia
Roberts International Airport
Varig Flight 837
Bushrod Island
Freeport of Monrovia
Hotel Africa
Mount Coffee Hydropower Project
Pan Am Flight 151
Gola Rainforest National Park
Cavalla River
Nimba Range
Tai National Park
Mont Peko National Park
Soubre Hydroelectric Power Station
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve: Where Toads Give Live Birth
Mount Richard-Molard: The Peak That Changed Its Name for a Dead Geographer
The Niger River: The Boomerang That Built Empires
The Loma Mountains: Sierra Leone's Rooftop and Last Refuge
The Guinea Highlands: West Africa's Water Tower
Samorian State
Kabadougou Kingdom
Battle of the Sama Forest
Sudanese Style Mosques in Northern Cote d'Ivoire
Kenedougou Kingdom
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
Bia National Park
Lake Kossou
Kingdom of Sefwi
Asantemanso
Bode Crater
Ahafo Mine