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Romance fraud is a popular crime in Ghana and Nigeria.
France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But there’s a risk of authoritarianism and regime fragmentation.
Ghana is a big player in west African geopolitics.
A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a jihadist state in west Africa.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso set to leave Ecowas at a time of rising insecurity in west Africa.
Military coups are making a comeback: it’s a return to one of postcolonial Africa’s political traditions.
When occurring in nature, mpox is mostly confined to the humid forest regions of west and central Africa.
Businesses need more than finance to succeed: they need to understand how to manage it.
Deforestation has cast Moo Deng’s wild relatives into a hostile landscape of cocoa farms and mines.
In the popular imagination, coups d'etat are strictly military-led, palace conspiracies. In reality, a majority of them have required civilian participation.
A study in five west African countries found that children fostered by wealthier households were less likely to attend school than children fostered by poorer households.
Ghana and Nigeria are hosts of training schools for online scams.
By promoting digitisation, governments can help create a more transparent and efficient business environment.
Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.
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.
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.
Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
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.
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