Browsing: West Africa

It’s official! The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has placed its official logo on a flag unveiled on 22 February in Bamako, Mali, one of three…

Neo-colonialism is a carefully designed control mechanism for maintaining a colonial power’s interests under the illusion of independence. Therefore, any nation lacking genuine economic, political and…

Burkina Faso is catching international attention for what is perhaps one of the most progressive approaches to criminal justice. Prisoners in Burkina Faso’s open-air Baporo Prison…

While on a peacemaking mission to what was then North Vietnam on 24 February 1966, Ghana’s first post-independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, received disturbing news. A group…

Today marks 59 years since pan-African icon and Ghana’s founding leader Kwame Nkrumah was removed from office in a military coup engineered by the CIA. After…

In this clip, US radio personality Ebro Darden (@EbroInTheAm on X) speaks with German actor of Ghanaian descent Boris Kodjoe (@BorisKodjoe on X) about France’s continued…

More Benin Bronzes are coming home – this time from The Netherlands. With 119 objects looted in colonial times being handed back to Nigeria, it’s the…

In Burkina Faso, food sovereignty and industrialisation are top priorities for greater national self-determination. Two food industry sectors, tomato paste production and sugar cane processing, have…

Liberia is taking a bold stand against government corruption. Its president has just put 450 officials on unpaid leave – for failing to declare their assets.…

Niger has been making headlines since its military ousted a Western-aligned leader in a people-backed coup d’état on 26 July 2023. However, unbeknownst to many, Niger’s…