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Sidya Touré, Guinea’s Former Prime Minister and Leading Opposition Figure, Dies in Paris at 81
Sidya Touré, a former prime minister of Guinea and one of the country’s most prominent opposition leaders, has died in Paris at the...
Burkina Faso Orders NGOs to Spend 80% of Budgets Locally as Russia Fills Void Left by West
Burkina Faso’s military government has adopted strict new regulations requiring non-governmental organisations to allocate at least 80 per cent of their total budgets...
Gambia’s FGM Ban Under Threat as Imam Abdoulie Fatty and MP Almameh Gibba Push to Make Cutting Girls Legal Again
Two men are leading the charge to overturn The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation, and if they succeed, the practice that has...
Senegal Signs $3.5bn Refinery Deal With Turkey’s Yamata to Process Local Crude, Target West African Fuel Market
Senegal’s state refiner, the Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR), has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish company Yamata to build a second...
Tinubu Awards $7bn Ogun Deep Seaport Deal to Chagoury-Linked DP World as Nigerians Question His Priorities
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has awarded two major Ogun State deep seaport contracts worth more than $7 billion to DP World MEA FZE,...
World Bank Pledges $25m for Nigeria’s $300m Off-Grid Power Fund, Leaving $275m Unaccounted For
The World Bank has committed an initial $25 million to Nigeria’s newly launched $300 million Distributed Renewable Energy Fund, a contribution that represents...
From Yemen’s Khat Fields to Nigeria’s Gold Mines, Dehumanisation Fuels a Shared Drug Crisis
A social media post about Yemen’s khat addiction has sparked a conversation about how drug abuse is used to dehumanise entire populations, and...
Awoniyi Replaces Injured Osimhen in Super Eagles Squad for AFCON Qualifiers
Victor Osimhen has been ruled out of Nigeria’s opening 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau after failing to recover...
Uganda Suspends All Military Cooperation With Turkey Over Refusal to Extradite Government Critic
Uganda’s army has suspended all defence and military cooperation with Turkey with immediate effect, citing unresolved issues between the two countries. The announcement...
TikTok Users in Northern Nigeria Turn to VPNs as Access Disruption Enters Fourth Day
TikTok users across several northern Nigerian states, including Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto, have been unable to access the platform normally since Monday, forcing...
Gambian Businesses Struggle Under Prolonged Blackouts as Anger Mounts Ahead of December Election
Gambian businesses are collapsing under the weight of prolonged power cuts that have gripped the West African nation since June, with the crisis...
Ghana Cuts Fuel Exports to Burkina Faso and Mali to Protect Its Own Supply
Ghana’s state-owned fuel distributor BOST Energies has reduced diesel and gasoline exports to Burkina Faso and Mali since August, prioritising domestic demand as...