Côte d’Ivoire: Legislative elections cause a spike in Covid-19 cases

By Ahmed Coulibaly Though the figures are a far cry from the rates in Europe and North America, the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths...

Healing from depression, “demons” and deliverances: The cost of mental healthcare...

By Ope Adetayo When Tukura John Daniel was a child, he noticed he was energetic in one moment and in the next, he was sad...

Guinea: Hospitals full after Covid-19 spike

CONAKRY- In Guinea, a spike in Covid-19 cases has saturated epidemiological treatment centers in the country. Due to a lack of space in hospitals,...

#FreeSenegal: A Woman Started It

By Haddy Jatou Gassama Adji Sarr is the name of the woman who ignited one of the biggest and deadliest sets of protests in Senegal’s modern...

Researchers are digitizing Nigeria’s cultural heritage. But can they bring stolen...

By Nosmot Gbadamosi Last August, artist Emeka Ogboh received a call. The world was in the thick of unwavering Black Lives Matter protests that toppled...

Without new TPS protections, Biden’s immigration bill will exclude Black immigrants

By Joe Penney When 26-year-old Cameroonian asylum seeker Wilfred Tebah was reunited with his family in Columbus, Ohio, in early February, one of the first...

Guinean authorities tighten their grip on epicenter of new Ebola virus...

By Varney Kamara GOUÉCKÉ, Guinea —The small town of Gouécké in southeastern Guinea grabbed international attention over the last two weeks when the Guinean government...

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....

“The compensation is abysmally poor”: Covid-19 doctors in Abuja reveal their...

By Isaac Abrak Doctors in Abuja, Nigeria, spoke to Sahelien.com about how the pandemic is affecting their lives. “It’s like you’re at war. Your family must...

Covid-19 burnout hits Nigeria’s health professionals

  By Kemi Falodun When the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Nigeria, health professionals across the country braced for the task ahead. Doctor Tope...