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West Africa

  • Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce

    Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce

    Dominique Somda, The Conversation
    · Dec 19, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • Gambia Police begin probe into deaths of children linked to India-made cough syrups

    Gambia Police begin probe into deaths of children linked to India-made cough syrups

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 10, 2022 · 09:43 am
  • What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance

    What the spider tales of Indians in the Caribbean reveal about our fragility and powers of endurance

    Ajay Gandhi
    · Jan 22, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Kwame Nkrumah: Why the hero of Ghana’s independence struggle is often considered a villain

    Kwame Nkrumah: Why the hero of Ghana’s independence struggle is often considered a villain

    Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah, The Conversation
    · Aug 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm
  • Burkina Faso: At least 50 minors hospitalised after undergoing female genital cutting

    Burkina Faso: At least 50 minors hospitalised after undergoing female genital cutting

    Scroll
    · Sep 19, 2018 · 02:55 pm
  • Why West Africa’s widely spoken pidgin tongues should be recognised as official languages

    Why West Africa’s widely spoken pidgin tongues should be recognised as official languages

    Edosa James Edionhon, The Conversation
    · Aug 27, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • If we’re going to stop Ebola in the future, we have to know its hiding places

    If we’re going to stop Ebola in the future, we have to know its hiding places

    Leigh Cowart, Mosaic
    · May 27, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Niger Army kills 14 civilians they believed were Boko Haram militants, says official

    Niger Army kills 14 civilians they believed were Boko Haram militants, says official

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 07, 2017 · 10:07 am
  • Guinea declared free of Ebola after 2,500 deaths

    Guinea declared free of Ebola after 2,500 deaths

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 29, 2015 · 01:47 pm