Browsing: West Africa

In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case that independent media outlet West Africa Weekly pursued in the United States through legal web portal PlainSite, the…

Nigeria takes another step towards energy security. The oil- and gas-rich nation has inked a supply deal with the new Dangote refinery in Lagos. Foreign refineries…

During the 19th edition of Burkina Faso’s Digital Week event that brought together technology-sector leaders and government officials during 12-15 November, Alliance of Sahel States (AES)…

African Stream journalist Inemesit Richardson called for Africans everywhere to defend Niger following then-US congress member Matt Gaetz calling in May for Washington to invade Niger…

While on a visit to discuss a tax dispute with Malian authorities, Australia-based Resolute Mining’s CEO Terence Holohan and two other employees were detained on 8…

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has dropped charges on dozens of protesters, including children as young as 14, detained after participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests…

Remember how US Republican Matt Gaetz openly called for an invasion of Niger on the floor of the US House of Representatives? Well, President-elect Donald Trump…

During colonialism, indigenous African languages and ways of life were obliterated by White European settlers. Africans were denied all knowledge of self and robbed of their…

Ghanaians have been reacting with anger and mockery after the country’s outgoing president unveiled a giant statue of himself – branding it a huge waste of…

On this day in 1995, Nigeria – under the military regime of General Sani Abacha – executed nine Indigenous environmental organisers, known as the Ogoni 9.…