West-Africa
Mali Shifts From Growing Cotton to Producing Fabric
Mali has mastered cotton production, ginning and export—but it has yet to capture much of the value created by the crop. Nearly…
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Nigeria Investigates Deaths of Illegal Mining Suspects Held in Custody
The deaths of 37 people arrested over suspected illegal mining in Niger State have triggered an investigation into what happened inside their…
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Liberia VP Koung Denies Being Searched by Airport Security in Brussels
Liberian Vice President Jeremiah Koung has rejected widespread reports that airport security officers in Belgium frisked him and ordered him to remove…
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Nigeria Mourns Nollywood Veteran Actor Olu Jacobs
Nigerian acting icon Olu Jacobs, whose career stretched across theatre, television and film, has died at 84. Widely respected as one of…
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Boko Haram Denies Reported Ceasefire Agreement With Nigerian Government
Boko Haram has rejected reports that it agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian government, calling the claims untrue. In a video…
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Ghana Arrests Three Linked to Major French Drug Bust
Three suspects have been arrested in Ghana after French customs seized a cocaine shipment worth $260 million at the port of Dunkirk,…
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Dangote Launches $1.6 Billion Share Sale to Fund Refinery Expansion
Aliko Dangote is targeting about $1.6 billion in what is poised to become Africa’s largest initial public offering, using the proceeds to…
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Liberia’s Boakai Promises Not to Muzzle the Press
President Joseph Boakai has pledged that his administration will not suppress press freedom or attempt to dictate media narratives, urging instead a…
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Final List of Candidates for Nigeria’s Presidential Election and Their Parties
With the January 2027 general elections approaching, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential candidates and…
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Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Mali’s Propaganda War, Report Finds
As fighting continues in Mali, the battlefield is expanding into the digital realm, with rival forces turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to…
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U.S. Often Votes Against African Interests at the United Nations
The United States was the lone country to reject a UN resolution endorsing a new world map designed to more accurately represent…
