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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone has launched a nationwide campaign to help citizens identify artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, manipulated images and fraudulent voice recordings as the rapid spread of generative AI creates new challenges for
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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal and the International Monetary Fund have signalled renewed momentum towards a new financing programme as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye seeks to restore the country's strained public finances and secure a path
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BAMAKO, Mali — Mali is facing renewed questions over its counter-insurgency strategy after a large-scale jihadist assault on a military base in the central part of the country killed at least 50 Malian soldiers and
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Relations between Nigeria and South Africa are facing renewed strain as attacks involving Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa push the two countries into another diplomatic confrontation. Nigeria’s National Assembly
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LAGOS, Nigeria — Africa’s biggest oil refinery has opened its doors to public investors, as Aliko Dangote’s $20 billion industrial project begins a new phase that could reshape Nigeria’s capital market and energy industry. The
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Nigeria has appointed a new senior military commander to oversee operations against Boko Haram and other insurgent groups in the northeast, as renewed security concerns in Borno State put the government’s counter-insurgency
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BANJUL, The Gambia — The Gambia is facing a growing electricity and political crisis after prolonged power cuts triggered street protests in and around the capital, with demonstrators demanding that President Adama Barrow resign. The
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after more than two years in Nigeria, following the government’s decision to discontinue treason proceedings against him over an alleged 2023
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NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has ordered Tata Chemicals to end its operations in Kenya, escalating a dispute over the Indian company’s century-old soda ash business at Lake Magadi in Kajiado County. Ruto announced
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More than 40 employees have been dismissed for alleged corruption and financial misconduct, putting institutional integrity at the centre of Nigeria’s anti-graft debate. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is accustomed to investigating other
