How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests | Investigation
Dakar, Senegal / Madrid, Spain – The Senegalese government deployed a special anti-terrorist unit, created, equipped and trained with funding…
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Real solutions to climate change in Africa are about people, not profits | Climate crisis
At this year's African Union Summit, held on February 17-18 in Addis Ababa, African leaders adopted the Nairobi Declaration on…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a humanitarian crisis | humanitarian crises
Intense fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels is causing displacement and regional tensions. M23 rebels have approached the…
At least 15 dead in attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso | crime news
Gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayer in the northern village of Essakane, a church official says. At…
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger amid tensions in West African bloc | Politics News
The West African regional bloc is lifting most sanctions imposed on Niger after last year's coup, in a new push…
A Dahomey documentary about African art looted in Europe wins the Berlin film festival | Art and culture news
Dahomey, a documentary by French-Senegalese director Mati Diop that investigates the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to…
The funeral of world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum is held | Athletics
News “In Kelvin we saw the future of athletics in Kenya.” Kenya's president was among hundreds of mourners who gathered…
Senegal's Sall promises to leave office in April, but election date still unknown | Elections News
It is not yet clear when the government will set a new election date as ordered by the Constitutional Court.…
Debate on scrapping CFA begins as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger forge new path | Characteristics
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Since the Niger coup on July 30, fissures within the Economic Community of West African States…
Curious facts about the bomb attacks on trains in Spain
cnn — Here's a look at the commuter train bombings in Spain in March 2004, which killed 193 people and…