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US trains West African militaries as jihadi threat spreads

As extremist violence in West Africa’s Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise which will help armies contain the jihadi threat

The Independent UK

France eyes Ivory Coast after Burkina Faso boots out French troops

France's defence minister pledged on Monday to boost military support to Ivory Coast, as Paris adjusts its strategy in West Africa after neighbouring Burkina Faso ordered French troops to leave and vowed to curb a worsening Islamist insurgency solo.

Reuters

Holy trinity

The banjo is a key instrument in Western folk music -- from US bluegrass to Irish trad -- and over the past 20 years, research into the roots of this three-stringed instrument have revealed its west African lute origins, with two instruments, the ngoni and the ekonting, now understood to…

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Wretched life of migrants building Senegal's city of the future

Diamniadio (Senegal) (AFP) - When Mohamed was hired at the construction site for the United Nations' new West Africa headquarters in Senegal, he was proud to say he would be working "not only for Africa, but for the world."

AFP

Pope Francis slams 'brutal atrocities' committed in DR Congo

In tonight's edition: The pope consoles Congolese victims of atrocities from the country's volatile east as he welcomes them in Kinshasa on the second day of his trip. Also, the trafficking of medical products in the Sahel is on the rise and costing lives, according to a UN report. Finally,…

France 24

Four West African nations get $311 million from World Bank for renewables

The World Bank has signed an agreement with four West and Central African nations worth $311 million to fund renewable energy projects.

Reuters

France's shrinking footprint in Africa

Paris (AFP) - With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ever further from the increasingly unstable region and re-think its presence, experts say.

AFP

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Commentary: Why the Wagner Group’s influence in West Africa is growing

France has waged a counterterrorism campaign in the small West African country of Burkina Faso since 2018. But on Jan. 20, hundreds of protesters in the capital city of Ouagadougou waved Russian flags and demanded the French army’s ouster. Days later, the country’s military government told the French to leave…

Chicago Tribune

Nigeria bets on Chinese-funded port to drive economic growth

Nigeria's president has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy

The Independent UK

Who invented jollof rice? Senegal beats Ghana and Nigeria to the title

The authorship – and therefore origins – of jollof rice (called ceebu jën in Senegal according to the Wolof spelling) is the subject of a spicy debate between West African nations. In particular, Senegalese, Nigerians and Ghanaians claim ownership. And each believes their recipe surpasses all others.

The Conversation

French and German FMs in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process

In tonight's edition: The foreign ministers of France and Germany head to Ethiopia to show support for the deal upon which rest hopes of peace after two years of conflict with Tigray rebels. Also, record temperatures are making life harder for millions around the world. We hear from those in…

France 24

C of E’s historic slavery fund – worth £100m but how far will it stretch across communities?

Clerical leaders hope for ‘lasting legacy’ to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and Caribbean

The Guardian - UK

How Ghana, Africa’s rising star, ended up in economic turmoil

The West African nation is a major cocoa and gold exporter, so why is it battling its worst economic crisis in decades?

Al Jazeera

Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh bucks West Africa gender trend

The kora – a stringed instrument that combines the features of a lute and a harp – is traditionally reserved for men in West Africa, but that hasn't stopped British-Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh from carving out her own place alongside its greatest players.

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The Independent UK

Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

Radio France Internationale

African Biennale of Photography in Mali defends culture despite difficulties

Despite a security crisis in the West Africa and Sahel regions, Covid-19, and diplomatic tensions with France, organisers of the African Biennale of Photography have managed to put on the Pan-African exhibition in Bamako, Mali in the spirit of resilience and resistance.

Al Jazeera

The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022

A recap of top issues in West Africa in 2022, including heated political campaigns and armed groups gaining ground.

AFP

I.Coast seeks life for four suspects over 2016 attack

Abidjan (AFP) - An Ivory Coast prosecutor Wednesday urged life in jail for four suspects over one of West Africa's bloodiest jihadist attacks -- a 2016 machine-gun assault on a beach resort that killed 19.

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The Independent UK

Chance the Rapper to bring free concert, festival to Ghana

Chance the Rapper took a trip to the Motherland that ultimately birthed an idea of creating a free concert marrying music and art in West Africa

Inverse

How Amazon's 'Nanny' fixes the problem of "exotic" horror tropes

The biggest scares in Nikyatu Jusu's eerie horror film work because of their West African origins.

The Independent UK

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

A United Nations official has warned that more than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year

Al Jazeera

Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies

Studies in West Africa said the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children.

Reuters

Africa's food crisis is the biggest yet – five reasons why

In October, Nadifa Abdi Isak brought her malnourished daughters to hospital in Mogadishu. That day, a nurse said, 42 other children had already been checked into the emergency unit, ravaged by hunger. There were 57 the day before that.

Evening Standard

Eight of London’s top restaurants for an alternative Christmas meal

From West African treats to a new pub without a roast potato in sight, Clare Finney names her top spots for festive food with a twist

AFP

Restoring French West Africa's capital to its original splendour

Saint-Louis (Senegal) (AFP) - An intricately detailed balcony, a coat of fresh paint and large bay windows opening onto the street: this house, in Saint-Louis, northern Senegal, has regained its former glory.

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