Sierra Leone: Will Sierra Leone's Democracy Make Room for Persons With Disabilities?

As Sierra Leone prepares for its next national election in 2028, political parties across the country have begun setting strategies and preparing to select their candidates.… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria - Lessons From the Aba Women's Riots for Today's Women's Movements

The Aba Women's Riots of 1929 remain one of the most powerful demonstrations of Nigerian women's collective resistance. Thousands of market women, farmers, traders, and mothers… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Failing Road Transport System Leaves Commuters At the Mercy of Robbers

Abimbola David still remembers being robbed twice in taxis in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. The most recent incident occurred in 2023 when the robbers, who pretended to be passengers,… Read more »

Ghana: How UNDP & Global Partners Are Tackling Root Causes of Violent Extremism in Ghana's Borderlands

Across the world's fragile borderlands where insecurity, climate stress, and marginalization intersect, communities often find themselves on the frontlines of violent extremism.… Read more »

Senegal: Maison Des Talibés Confronts Abuse of 'Talibé' Children in Senegal

When you walk through the streets of Senegal's cities, you notice them almost immediately: young boys in worn clothes, clutching plastic cans or tin bowls, weaving between cars and… Read more »

West Africa: Turning the Tide - How West Africa Is Reasserting Its Food Sovereignty Through Aquaculture

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Feb 19 2026 (IPS) - It is an indictment on the global food system that, despite having some of the richest and most endowed natural resources in the world and… Read more »

West Africa: Gambia's Supreme Court to Decide On FGM Ban

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often… Read more »

Guinea: Guinea's Path to Electoral Autocracy

In December, the dust settled on Guinea's first presidential election since the military took control in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya stayed in power after receiving 87… Read more »

Nigeria: Will Nnamdi Kanu's Life Sentence End the Violent Agitation for Biafra?

On 20 November 2025, a Nigerian court in Abuja sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of terrorism and several related offenses,… Read more »

Nigeria: Authorities Urged to Take Lawful Measures to Stop Mass Abductions in Nigeria

On the morning of 17 November 2025, darkness cloaked Maga town in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, until gunfire shattered the silence. It was around 4 am when… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - Three Years of Broken Promises

Three years ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso with two promises that have proved hollow: to address the country's deepening security crisis and… Read more »

Nigeria: Trump's Threat of 'Military Action' in Nigeria Stokes Religious Tensions

Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the US have continued to sour after US President Donald Trump threatened 'military' intervention over what some American lawmakers have… Read more »

Africa: Will COP30 Reenergize Nigeria's Great Green Wall Project?

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State,… Read more »

Mali: Mali's Blocked Transition - Five Years of Deepening Authoritarianism

When Mali's former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood trial in Bamako's cybercrime court on 29 September, charged with undermining state authority for expressing solidarity with… Read more »

Nigeria: The Ranch Fighting to Save Nigeria's Endangered Drill Monkeys

For the past 23 years, Gabriel Oshie has started his mornings at Drill Ranch in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Boki, Cross River state, southern Nigeria. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Ending Child Marriage Needs a Culture of Accountability, Respect for the Rule of Law

On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) under the theme 'Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights,'… Read more »

Sierra Leone: How Stigma Undermines Contraceptive Use Among Women in Sierra Leone

Eunice Dumbuya, a young activist in Freetown, Sierra Leone, still remembers being called promiscuous after getting a contraceptive implant a few years ago. She knew the risks of an… Read more »

Togo: Togo's Young Generation Challenges Six Decades of Dynastic Rule

In late June, thousands flooded the streets of Lomé, Togo's capital, presenting the ruling dynasty with its biggest challenge in decades. Read more »

Africa: Landlocked Developing Countries to Start 'New Decade of Delivery'

As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) concludes today (Friday, August 8) in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with the adoption of the Awaza… Read more »

Burkina Faso: From Drylands to Dignity - How Solar Energy and Climate-Smart Farming Are Empowering Communities in Burkina Faso

In the heart of Burkina Faso's drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush… Read more »

Nigeria: The Young Nigerian Innovator Lighting Up Communities With Recycled Solar Innovation

When Stanley Anigbogu heard his name announced as the 2025 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year in London earlier in March, he could hardly believe it. He had not expected to win,… Read more »

Nigeria: Climate Justice Movement in Nigeria to Tackle Oil Polluters Launched

Greenpeace Africa earlier in May brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups in Abuja to launch the Climate Justice Movement, the first of its kind in the country. The… Read more »

Nigeria: A Salt Sermon That Could Kill - When Faith Leaders Preach Misinformation

In Nigeria, salt is deeply woven into the fabric of food and culture. It brings out flavor, preserves ingredients, and enhances tradition. But recently, salt has become the… Read more »

Africa: Economic Community of West African States - Fifty and Fractured

Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war. Read more »

Senegal: Slave Trade - Gorée Island and the 'Fragility of Freedom'

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember… Read more »