Ivorian start-ups say they’re left out of the Covid-19 response fund
By Ahmed Coulibaly
After the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire in May 2020, the Ivorian authorities set up multiple funds to help...
Citizenship in the land of freed slaves
By Dounard Bondo
Liberia held a constitutional referendum on whether to repeal its long-standing dual citizenship prohibition on December 8, 2020. If passed into law,...
Nigerian university students struggle with online learning
By Ope Adetayo
For the past ten months, Ahmad, a 21-year-old undergraduate student in the faculty of arts at the University of Ilorin, has been...
Encounters with Nigerian police: Oyekanmi’s story
Illustration by Ngadi Smart
To honor the #EndSARS movement, Sahelien.com has solicited stories of encounters with Nigerian police, and commissioned artist Ngadi Smart to illustrate...
Assailant targets witness in Dolal Idd police killing in Minneapolis
By Joe Penney
An unknown assailant shot at least five bullets at the residence of a witness to the January 30th police killing of Dolal...
Guinea begins Covid-19 vaccination campaign despite low trust in government
By Youssouf Bah
On Wednesday, Guinea became the first West African country to begin its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. It started with a 60-dose pilot trial...
A last tribute to Soumaïla Cissé in Bamako
By Mody Kamissoko
Hundreds of people filled the Palais de la Culture in Bamako on Friday, January 1st, 2021, to pay a last tribute to...
The #ArewaMeToo movement endures
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
When pharmacist Khadijah Adamu logged into Twitter in February, 2019 to narrate the horrific physical abuse she survived at the hands...
Niger elects a new president
By Omar Hama Saley
Niger heads to the polls this Sunday, December 27, to elect a new president after outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou completed his...
Malian opposition politician Soumaïla Cissé dies from Covid-19 at 70
After a political career that marked the history of democratic Mali, Soumaïla Cissé’s death has disturbed the political scene and Mali as a whole.