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The little town in Niger keeping the lights on in France
Welcome to Arlit, the impoverished uranium capital of Africa. From Niamey, the capital of the landlocked West African nation of Niger,…
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Brand new Macron, same old colonialism
France’s newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, when asked in a press conference at the G20 summit in Hamburg why there…
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As the U.S. gets more involved in Somalia, beware these three fallacies
The United States is getting more involved in Somalia, the nation in the Horn of Africa that has been wrestling…
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The Nigerian Neocolonial Jigsaw Puzzle
The Real African|| By Olusegun Morakinyo (olusegunmorakinyo99@gmail.com) Irrespective of what the western imperialist and its Nigerian agents propagate, the Nigerian and…
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West Africa's fight to keep bad medicine off shelves
As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control in the…
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A vice president with a taste for yachts, sports cars and mansions goes on trial
Even before the corruption trial of Equatorial Guinea’s vice president began in France this week, there was no shortage of…
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Biafra 50 years on: The legacy of one of Africa's bloodiest wars
At least one million people were killed after the declaration of the Biafra Republic in 1967. Pro-Biafra secessionists are marking…
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Chinese Merchants Thrive in Senegal, Where People ‘Needed Stuff’
Fresh out of college and frustrated by the paucity of job prospects at home, Cao Qihan, 23, did what generations…
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Will The EU's 'Money-for-Migration' Deal With Mali Work?
By Julian Wyss Over the weekend, European Union (EU) officials struck a deal with the West African nation of Mali…
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How Black Bin Bags and Common Sense Helped End Ebola, and What We Can Learn From It
ANALYSIS Rather than formal health systems, it was local common sense, allied to local ingenuity, that was crucial in ending…
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