Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly
Burkina Faso’s junta suspends VOA over insurgency comments
Burkina Faso’s junta has suspended U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America for three months over comments about a jihadist insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel region, and temporarily banned local news outlets from using any international media
Reimagining African Agency in Africa-China Relations—Lessons from FOCAC 2024
Overcoming the ongoing asymmetry of Africa-China relations will require institutionalizing more robust and transparent African monitoring of commitments, strategic representation, and harnessing of African expertise. As attention shifts to implementing resolutions of the Ninth Forum
In Senegal, the bastion of the region’s Francophonie, French is giving way to local languages
For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet, is considered
El Fasher receives major reinforcements as fighting with RSF intensifies
Significant military reinforcements have arrived in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, a spokesperson for the joint force of armed groups aligned with the Sudanese army said on Sunday. The reinforcements from the northern
Législatives au Sénégal: l’ex-président Macky Sall quitte son poste d’envoyé spécial du Pacte de Paris
Au Sénégal, l’ex-président du pays Macky Sall a adressé sa démission au président français qui l’avait nommé au poste d’envoyé spécial du Pacte de Paris pour les peuples et la planète (4P). Six mois après
Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry
British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation. Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July
What Does War Do To A Boy?
Ten years ago, Amir’s parents were arrested at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s northeastern region. He was three. Now, he is 13, out of the orphanage, and living with his grandmother.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East
In the days since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the strike that killed the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been quick to show they are an
Rape is being weaponised in Sudan’s war with no justice in sight
As the humanitarian crisis in Sudan intensifies, sexual violence is used to terrorise women & girls, international solidarity is needed, writes Nina Masore. With the conflict in Sudan now in its second year, the nation