Niger: School Fire Kills At Least 25 Children in Niger

At least 25 primary school children were killed after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in Maradi region, Niger on Monday, November 8, 2021. Read more »

Niger: Dozens Dead in Attack By Gunmen - Govt

At least 69 people, including a mayor, have been killed in an attack by gunmen in southwestern Niger, the country's government has confirmed. Read more »

Africa: How Covid-19 Responses Impacted Africa's Food System

When the Covid-19 hit, governments all over the world became responsible for curbing the spread of the virus. Leaders across Africa came up with regulations that have affected the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS Envoy Ordered Out By Junta

ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Billionaire Gilbert Chagoury Named In FBI Probe On U.S. Election Donors

Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to… Read more »

Cape Verde: Former Prime Minister Neves Wins Presidential Elections

According to provisional results, former prime minister José Maria Neves won the presidential election in the first round the candidate of the historic Left Party in Cape… Read more »

Africa: Vaccine Distrust Pervades Social Media Posts in Six African Nations

A new analysis of online content in six African nations referring to Covid-19 vaccines has revealed that posts reflecting distrust of, or hesitancy over, vaccinations are… Read more »

Africa: A Healthy Environment is a Human Right, Says UN Body #AfricaClimateCrisis

Outdoor spaces is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced… Read more »

Africa: Developing Nations to Get More Tax Revenue From Multinationals - But Is It Enough?

The world's developed nations have taken a step towards reforming international taxation rules to give developing nations a fairer share of the taxes paid by large multinational… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Murder Accused Compaore Chooses to Stay Away for Thomas Sankara Trial

The main defendant in the long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of Thomas Sankara and former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, will not be present at the trial… Read more »

Africa: L'Atelier 2021 Celebrates Diverse Talent From Across Africa

The Absa L'Atelier competition is now in its 35th year and it continues to provide young African artists with the support, recognition, and exposure they need to cement their… Read more »

Gambia: U.S. Acts to Seize Former Gambia Leader Jammeh's Property

Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Read more »

Africa: Indigenous People at Centre of Protecting Ecosystems #AfricaClimateCrisis

Indigenous peoples are increasingly being acknowledged for their protection and management of land, water bodies and wildlife.  As their culture and livelihood are intimately… Read more »

West Africa: Focusing on Peace By Peaceful Means For Cameroon's Crises

Welcome to allAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Cameroon. The West… Read more »

Africa: Helping Girls Attain Their Educational Dreams without Discrimination

Nineteen-year-old Justina (not her real name) from the southwestern region of Nigeria had just been admitted to the Federal University of Technology in Minna, Nigeria, when she… Read more »

Africa: New Global Probe Exposes African Leaders' Secret Offshore Wealth

A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage

Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in school. There have been dire consequences… Read more »

Mali: Mali Defiant as Europe Slams Deal with Russian Paramilitary Firm

At the end of a two-day visit to the Sahel, France's defence minister warned Mali against hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner, RFI reports. Read more »

West Africa: Russia's Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali

Reports that Mali's military junta has negotiated a prospective deal to bring in 1,000 Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group are anything but surprising. Read more »

Nigeria: Time to Ransom the Psycho-Social Trauma of Nigeria's Kidnapping Epidemic

"He is the one! That's him!" Those were the words my brother heard before four uniformed men grabbed him at the store five minutes from his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers state… Read more »

Nigeria: Building a Peaceful and Secure Nigeria

We cannot build sustainable security in Nigeria if we, as a country, do not understand the exact nature and sources of today's insecurity and then translate this understanding into… Read more »

São Tomé and Príncipe: Carlos Vila Nova Elected President

The candidate of the only opposition party in Sao Tome and Principe Carlos Vila Nova won Sunday's presidential election with 57.54% of the votes cast, against 42.46% for… Read more »

Guinea: Elite Special Forces Stage Coup - Reports

This Sunday, September 5, the population of Conakry woke up to confusion. Read more »

Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Election Violence in Nigeria

The next general election in Nigeria to elect the President, Vice-President, Senators and members of the federal House of Representatives is scheduled for February 23, 2023.… Read more »

Nigeria: Tokyo Fallout: Invest More in Sports to Battle Insecurity, Sambawa Tells FG

Hails Nigeria's performance at Olympics Read more »