Schools and students are often targeted during times of armed conflict. Abducted children can be recruited as soldiers and schools are ideal locations for military headquarters.
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Talk of ethnic and religious conflict between Muslim Fulani herders and local Christian farmers misses the full picture – this is about resources.
He’s used to ruling on the soccer field, but how will George Weah tackle the job of Liberian president?
West Africa has lessons to learn from its ancient empires and colonial governments on regional trade and integration.
A bold new commitment from the cocoa and chocolate industry to end deforestation is welcome. But we must avoid blaming the farmers.
Anglophones have long complained that their language and culture are marginalised. They say if this doesn’t change, they must be granted independence.
A well-trained military is crucial to a functioning civil democracy, but it can be a liability too.
Lassa outbreaks are becoming more widespread in Nigeria but have not been given national emergency status like Ebola.
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
Foreign aid can harm as well as help.
Mass graves are being dug for hundreds of those killed in a nation once more gripped by grief.
Attacks by Fulani herdsmen on communities in West Africa are increasing in number and in sophistication. Regional and national authorities must respond promptly to arrest the threat.
West African leaders have nursed the idea of a common currency for the sub-region since the turn of the century. But conditions for member countries to make this happen appear unattainable.
Cold War, dictators and cover-ups – Ebola’s secret history.
World soccer is the story of hyper-capitalism. What would fan and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon have thought about the state of the sport?
A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world’s global pasts and present.
The new Internet of Things has the potential to compensate for Africa’s legacies of underdevelopment.
The Sahel region of Africa is a 3,860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the breadth of the African continent. A largely semi-arid…
Newly recognised genetic populations carry their evolutionary history with them, and the history of their habits. This is why detecting new species is so important.
West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.
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