Browsing: West Africa

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced plans for Nigeria to join its peers Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Alliance of Sahel States. April Fools!…

Niger is the first African country in history to eliminate river blindness! Officially known as onchocerciasis, infected black flies by rivers pass on the parasitic disease…

On 7 August 2023, Air France suspended all flights to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, shortly after an anti-imperialist coup brought President Abdourahamane Tiani to power…

He’s been leading Niger for some time, but now it’s official: General Abdourahamane Tiani has been sworn in as the country’s president for the next five…

Thomas Sankara (1949-87), Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader until his assassination, famously stated, ‘He who feeds you, controls you.’ In this 1987 interview, he elaborated on that…

Could Ghana be under the watchful eye of imperialist powers due to its budding friendship with the AES, the Alliance of Sahel States that includes Burkina…

With our continent experiencing a renaissance in pan-African, anti-imperialist sentiment – as embodied in revolutions and new alliances in the Sahel – it’s an apt time…

Burkina Faso may be the ‘land of the upright people,’ but some popular posts and reports online might not live up to its integrity. In this…

Salif Keïta, Mali’s leading artist and one of Africa’s legendary musicians, defended the revolution underway in Mali following its 2020 people-backed coup d’état. In an interview…

Did you know that 98.3% of Ghana’s gold is in the hands of multinational corporations, mainly from the US and Canada? Despite being one of the…