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Since August 5, 2015, Mamadou Diaby has dropped the moorings of his immigrant life in France to return to Mali. On that day, he said, he had no choice but to leave to escape from a daily lack of...
This first issue is about El Hadj Umar Tall, a scholar who wrote a manuscript on conflict resolution. Of his real name Umar Seydu Tall, El Hadj Umar Tall was born in 1797 in Alwar, Senegal, where he did his primary studies.
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In a sober book, Anta Barry makes an uncompromising diagnosis of the security, political and humanitarian crisis that has thrown Mali in the midst of the turmoil and from which it is now rising. For the author, who is...
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Niger : Three gendarmes and one civilian killed in an attack on Bagaji market
The attack on the Bagaji weekly market in the Dosso region took place on Wednesday, February 13, around noon.
This market, located north of the...
Mali: What the regional police director tells us about “Article 320”, a true expression...
The lynching of alleged thieves and other criminals, also called "Article 320", is a practice that dates back several years in Mali. “320”, it...
Can the acquittals of Laurent Gbagbo and Blé Goudé bring lasting peace to Côte...
By Ahmed Coulibaly
ABIDJAN —The International Criminal Court appeals chamber upheld the 2019 acquittals of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his Minister of Youth...
Center of Mali: hundredth day of captivity for the hostage Amadou N’Djoum
In Mali, Amadou N'Djoum, an agent of the National Institute for Social Welfare (INPS), was abducted near Youwarou in the center of the country...
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Sahel récap’ from april 7 to 11, 2025
• In Mali, special envoys for the Sahel from the BENELUX countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Germany met with Mali’s Foreign Minister on...
Nigeria’s best hope for peace is a president from the southeast....
By Pelumi Salako
Nigeria is dealing with a lot right now: a surge in banditry, rampaging terrorist groups ISWAP and Boko Haram, farmer-herder conflict across...
“A dirty game”: Agents and landlords exploit house seekers in Lagos
By Ope Adetayo
Favour Irabor, a 22-year old university student, lives with her mother and siblings in a church facility in Mushin, one of the...
African countries want to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. G7 nations’ patent protections...
By Nosmot Gbadamosi
At the G7 summit last week in Cornwall, southwest England, Western countries announced a plan to vaccinate the rest of the world...
Exclusive: The French military has killed at least 43 civilians in...
TALATAYE, Mali — On the morning of March 25th, 2021, Adamou Ag Hamadou left his house in the village of Talataye, northeastern Mali. When...
Nigeria’s security has broken down. Will secession fix it?
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
KAURE, Nigeria — On April 26th, 2021, Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kaure town in Niger state, killing scores of people, kidnapping...
“Not all men,” but Nigerian women continue to feel unsafe
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
On May 30th, 2020, while dealing with the unforeseen consequences of the global pandemic, Nigerian women came together to mourn the...
Why is the Casamance crisis at a standstill after 40 years?
By Aïda Dramé
Since 1981, southern Senegal’s Casamance region of has been stuck in the grip of what is often called a "low-intensity" conflict between...
Ghanaian women fight stereotypes, excel in sports
Photographs and text by Misper Apawu
Women still encounter various forms of stereotypes wherever they find themselves, and sports is no exception. The 11 amazing...