Fake stories of a coup d’etat in the West African nation of Ivory Coast surfaced this week amid mounting tensions over the upcoming October general elections. Several accounts on social media sites, including Facebook and X, posted videos of huge crowds on streets with burning buildings, which they claimed were from the country’s commercial capital, Abidjan.
The new anti-terrorism law passed by parliament could allow Sierra Leone's judicial authorities to impose heavy prison sentences on journalists and restrict access to information in the name of national security. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on President Julius Maada Bio not to enact this legislation until it explicitly guarantees journalists’ protection. The NGO has released four recommendations to prevent the law from becoming a tool for abuse.
Across Guinea’s capital, Conakry, billboards and posters proclaim the people’s loyalty to the vision of Mamady Doumbouya, the general who has led the west African country since a coup in September 2021.
Seven African countries will be hit the hardest by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), according to development analysts.
InIvory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power...
Ghana’s opposition leader John Mahama is poised to win Saturday’s presidential elections after voters punished the ruling party for failing to manage a crushing debt burden...
It was the moment he had fantasized about for four years. At 2:24 a.m. on Nov. 6, Donald Trump strutted on stage in a Florida ballroom, surrounded by advisers, party leaders, family and friends.
Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shockwaves through America and around...
