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 artifacts home?
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 outbreak
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 struggles
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...
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...
Queer Nigerians return to a homophobic learning environment
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
In December 2020, the umbrella body for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) called off its strike, and...