Mali – constitutional review: the government and platform of the “NO”...
In Mali, the draft constitutional review continues to divide the government and the platform “Touche pas à ma constitution”, which is fiercely opposed to...
Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara state, Nigeria
By Dounard Bondo
Gunmen kidnapped 317 schoolgirls from the Government Girls School in Jangebe town, Zamfara state, in northern Nigeria overnight from Thursday to Friday....
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...
Niger: the opposition takes a stance after the extension of the...
In a press release issued on Wednesday August 16, the political opposition gathered under the denomination of the Front for the Restoration of Democracy...
Nigerian graduates struggle for survival after finishing their degree
By Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
When Saadu Yusuf Olatunji graduated from the faculty of education at the University of Ilorin in 2012, he didn’t know his...
Mauritania: A history of land slavery and forced displacement
By Houleye Thiam
Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning in the 1980s when a new law provided...
Niger state armed vigilante groups to fight insecurity. Will it work?
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
LAPAI TOWN, Nigeria — On January 17th, 2021, at around 2 am, gunmen suspected to be members of a yet unidentified...
Mali : Sidi Mohamed Ag Ichrach has arrived in Kidal to...
The governor of Kidal, Sidi Mohamed Ag Ichrach, arrived this Wednesday, August 23, in the regional capital to take office.
Appointed last February, it was...
Mali: two candidates in the parliamentarian elections kidnapped during the electoral...
Soumaïla Cissé, leader of the Malian opposition and Mamadou Sory Coulibaly, mayor of the rural commune of Kareri (Dioura) were kidnapped by armed groups...
Burkina Faso : Alassane Balla Sakandé elected to the National Assembly’s...
In Burkina Faso, Alassane Balla Sakandé was elected President of the National Assembly on September 8. He replaces Salif Diallo, who died in Paris...