Most of the migrants coming to the popular islands are doing so from West Africa, undertaking one of the most dangerous crossings in the world. Known as the Atlantic Route, it has daprture points ...

The slave trade had long-lasting negative effects on the islands of the Caribbean ... They were replaced with West Africans. Figure caption, Remnants of sugar production on Dominica, a former ...

Travellers looking for a warm escape in March can find an ideal destination in Cape Verde, an island nation off the west ...

Migrants depart mainly from Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia and embark on dangerous journeys along the West African coast to reach the Canary Islands. The distance covered ...

Mauritania and other West African nations who seek better job opportunities abroad. There are also increasingly more teenagers and children traveling alone to the Canary Islands, which has ...

The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, says a mission deployed to Guinea-Bissau to help resolve an election dispute has left the country after the president threatened to expel it. The team was ...