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By promoting digitisation, governments can help create a more transparent and efficient business environment.
Giraffes at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya.
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Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
Lassa fever is spread through rodent urine and faeces.
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Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.
Faure Gnassingbé, who has been president of Togo for 19 years.
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Given their impact on elections and democracy, it’s fair to consider the changes to Togo’s constitution a complete overhaul rather than a revision.
A Nigerien official explains to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the jihadist crisis facing Niger and the surrounding region in March 2023.
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The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.
Play and storytelling are a crucial part of children’s cognitive development.
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Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
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Never before have four governments, including one of the regional leaders, Senegal, been simultaneously eager and ready to get out of the neo-colonial stranglehold of the CFA franc.
Supporters of southern Cameroon independence outside Westminster Abbey, London, on 14 March 2022.
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Cameroon’s rebels don’t have the unity, funding or logistics to achieve their aims.
An anti-colonial demonstration against the CFA franc in Dakar, September 2017.
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Several conditions must be met to ensure the successful launch and operation of a multilateral currency.
Horsemen parade during the Durbar Festival in Ilorin.
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New research on Ilorin in Nigeria provides insights into regional socio-political developments prior to the 19th century.
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Ecowas has a patchy track record when it comes to ensuring cooperation and security across west Africa – member states are now starting to leave.
Grieving for the 140 victims of a January 2024 attack in north-central Nigeria.
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Nigeria is beset with security threats. Confronting them will take regional and international cooperation.
Ecowas has struggled to handle a raft of military coups.
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The decision by the three countries could change the dynamics of Ecowas.
An engraving from 1992 representing a voodoo rite in Haiti.
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Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
Analysis of participants’ photos demonstrated hybrid cooking practices, with a combination of ingredients and cooking methods and/or techniques.
To better understand Ghanaian women in Manchester, England, we asked them to tell the “stories” of their everyday cooking through photographs.
Rock carving of an elephant at the Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Tadrart Rouge, in Algeria.
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The Sahara Desert is green and vegetated every 21,000 years. A climate model shows why.
West Africa is struggling to deal with increasing terrorist attacks.
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The terrorism discourse in Ghana shows how flawed views of the war on terror continue to shape thinking about security.
A beach littered with plastic and other waste in the fishing village of Kayar, north of Dakar, Senegal.
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Initiating a circular economy can help coastal west African countries to address plastic pollution with a World Bank fund.
Christian leaders are influential in Ghanaian lives.
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Christian leaders in Ghana are pushing the envelope of influence in political affairs.
Kola nut holds a lot of potential not currently explored in Nigeria.
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Beyond ordinary consumption, new research finds uses for kola nut in areas like agriculture and health.