After a five-day strike in Mali, an estimated 30 billion FCFA...
By M. A. Diallo
The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM) launched a nationwide strike on Monday, December 14, 2020 and will continue until...
Covid-19 puts 1.4 million children out of school in Liberia
By Varney Kamara
BONG MINES, Liberia - Fatu Flomo, 53, is a farmer and a mother of four children and three grandchildren. Victoria, Flomo’s youngest...
Mali: “The State is behind, struggling to follow the young entrepreneurs”
From November 3 to 5, ALB Company is organizing “The meet 2017”, bringing together people from the worlds of entrepreneurship, business, technology, economy, education,...
The Buhari administration’s anti-poverty schemes aren’t working
By Olakunle Ologunro
Two years ago, Foluke Akinosho*, a 63-year-old petty trader who sells food provisions in the Mushin area of Lagos, Nigeria, received a...
Covid-19 / Burkina Faso: all scenarios predict a bad time for...
From March 09 to June 5, 2020, Burkina Faso has recorded a total of 889 confirmed cases of covid-19, 53 deaths and 772 recovered....
“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...
Mali: farmers postpone the cultivation cotton
The fall in the price of cotton and the rise in the price of fertilizer have angered farmers. From Koutiala to Yorosso, the producers...
In Mali, a fair to showcase women entrepreneurs
In Mali, the latest report of the National Institute of Statistics places the unemployment rate at around 10.6% (2015), and reveals that women are...
Mali – Kayes : at least ten tanks of 50,000 liters...
In Mali, the Office of the Auditor General (BVG) presented its report to the President of the Republic Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Wednesday. The...
Mali – Mopti : bad time for taxis
For a few years in Mopti, the moto taxis have dethroned yellow taxis, which are becoming increasingly rare and have increased their rates. Faced...