Browsing: West Africa

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have put the necessary infrastructure in place to forge greater unity in Africa’s Sahel region. Between 14-16 January 2025, ministers from…

We explore the life of the great pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. After spending a year in a British colonial jail for organising a ‘positive action’ campaign…

Catch a cab in Dakar, Senegal, and you might think you’ve taken a wrong turn and ended up in Paris, thanks to the street names like…

In 1983, in what was then known as Upper Volta—now Burkina Faso—a revolutionary 33-year-old military captain known as Thomas Sankara (1949-87) rose to power through a…

Today, 7 February, we commemorate the 39th death anniversary of Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-86), a luminary in the Pan-African movement. As a fervent advocate for African…

The CEO of Resolute Mining – who was arrested by Malian authorities in November last year – has quit his post. Terry Holohan was finally released…

Many people online have expressed concern for the safety of Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré, whom the government says has been the target of five covert…

Burkina Faso is on a quest toward greater national sovereignty and control over its economy, and its state-owned airline, Air Burkina, plays a role. The company,…

The West loots Africa at night and during the day gives us back a fraction of the swag, dressed up as aid. That’s the view expressed…

Niger’s reality has changed drastically since President Abdourahamane Tiani came to power on 26 July 2023. In this video clip, he spoke about Niger going from…