January 19
Africa: Trapped and Trafficked - Fishers Tell of Forced Labor Horror
"The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you're basically trapped," says Noel Adabblah. Read more »
August 18, 2023
Senegal: Democracy in the Balance?
Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal ahead of next February's presidential election. Recent protests have been met with lethal violence and internet and social media… Read more »
June 02, 2023
West Africa: Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death
There is a tangled trafficking web that has been woven across the Sahel, which spans almost 6.000 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and is home to more than 300… Read more »
June 23, 2008
Chad: 'Africa's Pinochet' Still Eluding Justice
Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissenè Habré, who is accused of thousands of political murders during his… Read more »
March 01, 2007
Senegal: Setting Fire to the Future
It's the season for bush fires in Senegal, and there are once again concerns that vast tracts of fertile land could be set alight, and ravaged. Read more »
February 25, 2007
West Africa: Investments Against Desertification Deliver the Goods
Experts from the Inter-State Committee to Fight Drought in the Sahel (Comité inter Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel, CILSS) are calling on donors to… Read more »