west africa
- Politics, Power & Governance
Why Military Takeovers Are Resurfacing in Africa and Why Each Case Remains Distinct
When soldiers seize state television to announce the downfall of a government, it is tempting to view these events as…
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Ghana
Ghana is a West African nation bordering the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, sharing land borders with Côte d’Ivoire,…
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“I Am Where I’m Meant to Be”: Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian Citizenship and the Diaspora’s Return
On May 13, 2024 — his 74th birthday — legendary musician and humanitarian Stevie Wonder stood at Jubilee House in Accra, draped…
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, PC (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as “Zik“, was a Nigerian statesman…
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Cameroon
Cameroon (French: Cameroun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in Central Africa and West…
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Civilians killed as attackers storm Niger refugee camp
At least three civilians have been killed in a coordinated attack on a camp housing thousands of Malian refugees in…
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Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period in African history
Hundreds of mediaeval artefacts are scattered with human remains at the bottom of a cave in the southeast of the…
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U.S. investigates child labor in Ivory Coast cocoa supply chains
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - U.S. customs authorities have asked cocoa traders to report where and when they encounter child labor in…
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Coronavirus: Why Ghana has gone into mourning after mass funeral ban
Funerals in Ghana are well known to be elaborate affairs with specially designed coffinsIn our series of letters from African…
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in…
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Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad
Visa has entered a partnership with Nigeria based startup Paga on payments and technology. Founded in Lagos, Paga scaled its…
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Ashanti Empire
The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman) was an Akan empire and kingdom from 1670 to 1957 in what is now…
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Togo president declares landslide election win, opponent slams ‘masquerade’
LOME (Reuters) – Togo President Faure Gnassingbe declared an electoral victory on Monday as official preliminary results showed him re-elected…
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Ghost’ ancestors: African DNA study detects mysterious human species
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred…
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Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone…
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