Revelations at the Presidency: What is really wrong around President Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Between clumsiness, improvisation, and protocol uncertainties, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is accumulating blunders during his trips abroad, sparking criticism and questions on the national and international stage. According to the newspaper...

Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace Stats: Eze Downs Former Club as Set-Piece Kings Extend Lead at Premier League Summit

Arsenal continue to be the team to beat in the Premier League. Look back on a vital win with the best facts and Opta data in our Arsenal vs Crystal Palace stats page. Eberechi Eze scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal against his former...

Ivory Coast votes amid tension as President Alassane Ouattara seeks controversial fourth term

As polling stations open across the nation, Ivorians cast their votes in a high-stakes election overshadowed by political exclusion, opposition boycotts, and mounting public discontent over President Ouattara’s bid for another term. Polls opened...

Senegalese artist transforms Conakry’s walls with captivating street art

It was the middle of the day when Omar Diaw, known by his artist name “Chimere” — French for chimera — approached a blank wall off the main thoroughfare in Guinea ‘s capital and started spray-painting. “They know who I am,” he said confidently....

Stakeholders plead with government to invest, mainstream agroecology in polices 

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, Oct. 25, GNA – Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have appealed to government to invest and mainstream agroecology into national and sub-national agricultural development strategies to promote sustainable...

Senegal Foreign Minister in Gambia on maiden working visit

Speaking to the waiting press, Gambia’s Foreign Minister Njie first extended warm welcome to the visiting Senegalese minister on behalf of His Excellency the President, the government and the people of the Republic of The Gambia. “Today is a very...

KING BESTOWED WITH PRESIDENTIAL AWARD

Maseru, Oct.24 — In a hall full of dignitaries from inside and outside Lesotho, government ministers, senior government officials and Basotho well wishers, the Head of State His Majesty King Letsie III was bestowed with a prestigious award by...

Is 43 Years Enough Time for Paul Biya?Is Issa Tchiroma Bakary Cameroon’s New President?

By Jeffery Kazembe Batts IG: @kazbatts West of Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is the lesser-known nation of Cameroon. Split between an eastern third that speaks English and a western two thirds that speaks French. The west African nation...

Oscars International Category Sends 86 Films to Voters

Eighty-six films have been assigned to voters in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category, one more than qualified in last year’s race. The assignments came in emails obtained by TheWrap and sent by the Academy on Friday to members who...

Ivory Coast presidential election: Who’s standing and what’s at stake?

Ivorians will head to the polls on Saturday, October 25, to vote in the presidential election amid widespread anger over incumbent President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a fourth consecutive term. Under the constitution, presidents may...

'The Thiaroye massacre in Senegal in 1944 marked the reestablishment of colonial order'

Mamadou Diouf. YANN LEGENDRE On the morning of December 1, 1944, the French army, having mobilized 1,200 soldiers and positioned tanks around the Thiaroye camp near Dakar, opened fire on the Senegalese tirailleurs stationed there. Their crime?...

CJID deploys election information monitoring team to Côte d’Ivoire ahead of 2025 poll

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has deployed a team of researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers to Côte d’Ivoire ahead of the 2025 Presidential Election. Executive Director, Akintunde Babatunde, says the move aims to...

UVM’s International Professors

Situated in a small, sequestered state in the Northeast, UVM draws professors from across the country and further, but a 2021 report found that only 2% of UVM’s faculty identify as international. Below are the voices of faculty who completed...

Ted Cruz’s genocide, blasphemy and Ida the slave boy

Ted Cruz By Festus Adedayo Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do,...

The Danger of the Self-Proclaimed Male Feminist Politician

Be wary of the male political leader who brags of being a feminist. Consider Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whom I dubbed “the West’s most hostile leader toward Israel” in a recent article. In 2018, the king of Spain swore in the professed...

Former Independent Presidential Aspirant Calls for Withdrawal of ECOMIG

- Advertisement - By: Dawda Baldeh Former independent presidential aspirant Mamadou Bah, leader of the Economic Liberation Movement, has called for the withdrawal of ECOMIG troops from The Gambia. In a statement seen by this medium, Bah argued...

Senegal’s 2026 debt bill jumps 11% after hidden loans scandal

Senegal’s 2026 debt-service bill is projected to be 11% higher than previously estimated after the government uncovered billions of dollars in unreported liabilities left by the former administration, newly released budget documents show....

FOSPAH to lead international committee on women's rights

Committee receives immediate backing from OICOA President H.E. Mr. Mehmet Akarca, Chief Ombudsman of TürkiyeCSW chairperson Fauzia Viqar. PHOTO: ABID NAWAZ/EXPRESS The OIC Ombudsman Association (OICOA) has established a new Sub-Committee on...

Crackdown on French Fighters in Syria: Is the Sharaa Government Targeting Its Own Backbone?

A fierce standoff between Syrian security forces and a French-led jihadist battalion has reignited questions about the future of foreign fighters in post-war Syria—and about whether President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s government is turning against the...

Senegalese media boss faces extradition fight after arrest in

Senegalese press magnate and outspoken government critic Madiambal Diagne was arrested in France on Tuesday on an international warrant issued by Dakar, before being released under judicial supervision, his lawyers confirmed. Diagne, the founder...