Africa: Big Boost for African Development as Nigerian Business Leader Samad Rabiu Pledges to Give $100 Million Yearly

6 Nigerian varsities get N6b for starters Read more »

Africa: Leaders Celebrate Centenary of Longtime Unesco Head Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow

Africa's heads-of-state are joining prominent members of Africa's intelligentsia to mark the 100th birthday of Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow by chronicling his contributions as the… Read more »

Niger: Gunmen Kills Dozens in Attack on Convoy

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Mali: Ex-Coup Leader Will Not Stand Trial For 2012 Killings

A Bamako court has ended the much-delayed trial of Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 coup, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko Dies in Germany

Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died in a German hospital on March 10, 2021 at the age of 56.Bakayoko left Abidjan on February 18, 2021 for treatment at the American Hospital of… Read more »

Senegal: Clashes Between Police and Protesters Continue in Dakar

Violence hit Dakar once again as tensions rose around the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. Read more »

Senegal: Opposition Leader Arrested As Supporters Protest

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in Dakar, Reuters reports. Read more »

Nigeria: Nollywood Tackles Sex-for-Marks in New Movie

Why do some unscrupulous lecturers ask for sexual favors from students for good grades or for other rewards? Read more »

Guinea: Guinea's Big Break

Africa has long suffered from underdevelopment, poverty, and disease. While the Americas, Europe, and certain parts of Asia have enjoyed the benefits of industrialization, digital… Read more »

Nigeria: Appointment of Bawa is Anti-Corruption Game-Changer

With the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa, President Muhammadu Buhari may have finally found a magic wand to reinvigorate the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Read more »

Senegal: Army Regains Control of Four Rebel Bases

Operations to secure and restore state authority in the south of Ziguinchor which lasted for more than 10 days have enabled the Senegalese army to regain control of four major… Read more »

Nigeria: BUA Donates a Million AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Doses

Purchased through a private sector partnership by the corporate group that imports materials to process locally, the vaccine will be the first available to Nigerians. Read more »

Guinea: Conde's Forces Enjoy Impunity for Abuses

An excerpt on Guinea from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »

Cameroon: Govt, Militia Forces Continue to Abuse Human Rights

An excerpt on Cameroon from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »

Nigeria: Nation's Human Rights Record in 2020

An excerpt on Nigeria from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »

Africa: Former U.S. Officials Call on Biden to Back WTO Selection for Okonjo-Iweala

A cross-section of former senior U.S. government officials, including a Nobel Laureate, along with academicians and civil society leaders, have written to President Biden in… Read more »

Africa: Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements

At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Freetown Receives International Support to Help Migrants Amid Covid-19

The city of Freetown has become one of five across the world to receive an award to help it expand a waste-management scheme aimed at helping young people in informal settlements… Read more »

Africa: Here's How Africans Can Advocate for Covid-19 Vaccine Equity

Now that COVID-19 vaccines are available, the richest countries in the world have effectively bought them up. African leaders have let them. Read more »

Liberia: Social Entrepreneur Mahmud Johnson Envisions a New World through Palm Kernels

Mahmud Johnson is among a group of young Liberians who attended university in the United States and, rather than settling abroad, returned to their country to help rebuild it.… Read more »

Liberia: Educare Partners with United States African Development Foundation to Boost Entrepreneurs and Farmers

Educare Liberia is a non-governmental organization dedicated to building people and building communities. Among its initiatives are promoting women's involvement in… Read more »

Liberia: Local Entrepreneurs Tackle Tradition to Fight Poverty, Empower Communities

Farmers in rural Liberia have limited access to facilities to process their crops or markets to trade them. Pothole-ridden roads pose particular challenges, resulting in… Read more »

Africa: Civic Rights Were Eroded Across Africa in 2020

CIVICUS , the global civil society alliance, rates civic space in six Sub-Saharan African states as " closed", in 21 as "repressed" and in 14 as "obstructed". … Read more »

Africa: People Power Under Attack 2020 - Africa

An excerpt from the CIVICUS Monitor report: Read more »

Nigeria: Authorities Must Urgently Heed Pledges to Counter Boko Haram Violence - Peace Scholar

The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed to have killed 78 people in Nigeria's Borno State last week. The bodies of at least 40 migrant rice farmers, working in Zabarmari village,… Read more »