Liberia and Tanzania forge Maritime Partnership to advance Africa’s Blue Economy

Africa handles a significant share of global maritime trade but owns only a small proportion of the world’s shipping fleet. According to the United[…]

Ghanaian trader killings in Burkina Faso signal growing threat to West African Economic Integration

On February 14, seven Ghanaian tomato traders were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the town of Titao in northern Burkina[…]

Coastal Erosion Is Harming Benin’s Beautiful Beaches

Undoubtedly, Benin has some of West Africa’s most beautiful Atlantic beaches, stretching along the Gulf of Guinea from Cotonou to Ouidah and Grand-Popo. These[…]

Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Paradox: Record Output, Falling Prices, and a Growing Bean Backlog

Ivory Coast’s cocoa boom is the result of decades of state-backed expansion that turned the country into the world’s largest cocoa producer, supplying about[…]

Mozambique Flood Victims Face Growing Shelter and Health Crisis

Despite the rescue success in the flooding, which has ravaged Mozambique since mid-December 2025, victims are now facing a growing shelter and health crisis.[…]

Is Environmental Pollution the Cost for Irresponsible Economic Development in Zambia?

When the promise of economic growth is weighed against environmental realities in Africa, the balance is rarely simple. In Zambia, a country known for[…]

Heartbreak In Lagos: Mass Demolitions Force Thousands Into Homelessness

They woke up to the sound of demolition but are now praying that day shouldn’t have come. The demolition ruined their fortunes, caused death,[…]

Resource Control and the Uranium Question in Niger Republic

The road into Arlit tells its own story. Long before the mines appear, the dust thickens, clinging to skin and clothing. Rusted metal frames[…]

Nigeria Positions Itself as Africa’s Climate Leader, But the Real Test Is at Home.

Billiamu Usman stands silently before the ruins of what used to be a busy family compound, once home to nearly 50 members of his[…]

Sudan’s Darfur Region Devastated by a Deadly Landslide.

On August 31, a landslide struck Tarasin, a remote village in the Marrah Mountains of Darfur. Local authorities and aid groups reported over 1,000[…]

Galamsey: Illegal Mining Activities are Destroying Ghana’s Lifelines.

Gold has always attracted people to Ghana, a major producer of the precious metal in West Africa. The country has a long history of dealing[…]

Nigeria’s Unregulated Mining Economy: How Illicit Gold Fuels Parallel Power.

In the sun-scorched terrains of northwestern Nigeria, the gold fields of Zamfara and Niger States stretch across vast, dusty landscapes marked by shallow pits,[…]

Governance Of Ghana’s Ocean Space – Troubled Waters Engendered by Crime and Corruption.

The late Major Courage Quashigah (rtd), a former Ghanaian Health Minister, had his own definition of food security.” Good, quality, nutritious food, hygienically packaged,[…]

Russia’s Mining Investment in Tanzania: Extraction Or Partnership?

Red dust clings to maize fields and coats village homes in southern Tanzania. Villagers say, trucks rumble past daily carrying soil destined for processing[…]

The Sacrifice Zone: Lead Pollution In Zambia.

At 42, Bertha Sabuni begins her day before dawn, walking out of her home in Makululu, Kabwe, to wash clothes for neighbors. Despite completing[…]

The Sea War: How Foreign Trawlers Are Emptying Gambian Nets.

At dawn in the coastal town of Gunjur, wooden pirogues push out into the Atlantic, their small engines humming over the crash of waves.[…]

A Cultural Assault on Conservation: Chinese Traditional Medicine’s Demands for Animal Parts.

In many locations across Africa and Asia, endangered animals such as pangolins, rhinos, tigers, elephants, and the rest are killed in large numbers, either[…]

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