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Ghana braces for three weeks of power cuts
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 hour ago"The current situation is entirely out of...months after President Nana Akufo-Addo curbed electricity exports to Togo, Burkina Faso and Benin following...
South Africa Parliament
The Herald Journal· 2 hours agoLawmakers and guests break during the first sitting of the National Assembly following the swearing in of lawmakers as members of parliament in Cape...
Meet Marco Werman
GBH News· 2 days agoAfter graduating from Duke University, he joined the Peace Corps where he served in Togo and Burkina Faso. While in Africa, he started ...
Africa Must Cure Systemic Corruption To Become A Player In World Affairs
Forbes· 2 days agoNowhere is this truer than in much of present-day Africa and its economic prospects. Despite the continent’s abundance of strategic resources, the region remains crippled ...
Mali: Weaponizing Gold
Strategy Page· 14 hours agoThe government then cut electricity supplies for the general population in order to keep the mines operating at full capacity. Mali currently produces over 50 tons of gold a year, which makes ...
Mali: The North Is Lost
Strategy Page· 19 hours agoSeptember 27, 2023: Islamic terrorist violence in the north has left nearly 200 dead in the last month. The military government of Mali was dismayed to discover that the expensive Russian mercenaries ...
Looking Beyond the Lens of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Africa
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· 7 days agoThe disease was first observed among military personnel from the former Soviet Union who were stationed in Crimea during World War II (1), leading to the name Crimea hemorrhagic fever. Since ...
Nigerian army faces new abuse allegations as it battles Boko Haram insurgency
Semafor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe...
Mali: Surprising Saudi Support Surfaces
Strategy Page· 4 days agoDecember 14, 2017: Officials from the G5 Sahel (the semi-desert area between the Sahara and the jungle) Joint Force countries (Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso</ ...
US confronts failures as terrorism spreads in West Africa - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 days ago“Our general desire to promote democratic governments and having healthy governance there has not...