What Do the Last Decade’s Worth of Motherhood Movies Have to Tell Us?

Yet those are by no means the only stories being told about motherhood right now. It’s difficult to think of a more affecting example than Alice Diop’s Saint Omer (2022), revolving around a pregnant novelist who attends the trial of a Senegalese...

Icons Last Forever: Sarah Diouf & Trevor Stuurman Reimagine Vlisco’s Legacy Through a New Visual Dialogue

Vlisco, the Dutch heritage brand renowned for its vibrant printed fabrics, is excited to announce the second chapter of its campaign, “Icons Last Forever.” This second phase brings together acclaimed fashion designer and Tongoro founder Sarah...

'Food is Medicine' event cultivates new solutions for sustainable health

The stats Tom Pesek listed off to a packed auditorium at Arizona State University on Thursday were sobering. “Tonight, some 673 million persons will go to bed hungry. Two-point-six billion people, at least, can’t afford to eat a healthy,...

Westerners are fleeing the country in droves, what is currently happening in Mali?

The fuel shortage in Mali has served as a pretext for the United States, Germany, and Italy to ask their citizens to leave the country as soon as possible. This is a way to further dramatize the situation in this country facing terrorism. Germany...

Inside West Africa’s dazzling art season

West Africa’s art season is back—a dazzling celebration of creativity stretching from Senegal to Ghana and Nigeria. Running from late September to mid-December, the season transforms the region into a cultural playground, blending art,...

Pope’s 1st episcopal ordination is for his representative in Iraq

"Always be a man of communion and silence, of listening and dialogue," he recommended. "In Iraq, the people will recognize you not for what you say, but for the way you love." A man "of communion and silence, of listening and dialogue" -- the...

Yidan Prize Foundation announces global call for nominations

The Yidan Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday a global call for nominations for the 2026 Yidan Prize. Founded by Tencent co-founder Chen Yidan, the foundation aims to promote education as a driver of human progress. Backed by one of China's...

Ghana Celebrates Ford Foundation’s 65 Years in West Africa

Residents of Shai Osudoku District poured into the streets last Tuesday to celebrate six and a half decades of Ford Foundation work in West Africa, planting trees and hosting a durbar that brought together chiefs, schoolchildren, and civil society...

WEST AFRICAN MUSIC: THE SOUNDTRACK OF GLOBAL HUMANITY

This Black History Month 2025, historian and ethnomusicologist Archbishop Doye T. Agama releases “The Story of West African Music,” a groundbreaking exploration of how West African sounds have shaped global culture. Unlike previous works focusing...

Meet the French Toast club (it’s not about the breakfast food)

UR’s French Toast club, officially recognized as an organization in Fall 2024, aims to share the language and culture of the Francophone world without any expectations of prospective members understanding or speaking French. Despite the club’s...

Hidden loans ramp up debt servicing costs

Radical nationalism is on the ballot as the establishment candidate is challenged by a new generation of opposition activists The presidential election on 24 March is the most important in Senegal's history offering voters a clear choice on...

The story of how 2 books bound in human skin ended up in Cincinnati

Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati. The books were bound in the 1930s for a collector who reportedly smuggled the skin of a Black person out of the country. The...

Turkey’s Emerging Role as U.S. Strategic Partner in Africa

As Turkey expands its influence across Africa through trade, infrastructure, and military exports, the United States faces a strategic dilemma: resist a NATO ally’s growing regional power or harness it for mutual benefit. The Erdogan Doctrine Goes...

Mali shuts schools, universities as jihadist blockade worsens fuel crisis

Mali is landlocked, so all fuel supplies are brought in by road from neighbouring states such as Senegal and Ivory Coast. Long queues have been snaking around petrol stations in Bamako in recent weeks, and the city’s usually crowded streets have...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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Want to protect democracy? Fund strategic litigation

Strategic litigation is an important tool in the toolbox when it comes to fighting the rise of authoritarianism. Philanthropy should take note—and take action when it comes to funding pro-democracy litigation. In 2002, when the number of South...

Salif Keita to headline Sauti za Busara 2026

Stone Town. The 23rd edition of Sauti za Busara, East Africa’s most celebrated music festival, will return to Stone Town from February 5 to 8, 2026, promising another vibrant showcase of Africa’s creative spirit under the theme “A Celebration of...

The Digital Dream: How West African Youths Are Redefining Innovation -By Maryam Umar Shariff

Across the cities and villages of West Africa, a new generation is rising — one that thinks in code, connects through screens, and dreams in digital colors. From Lagos to Accra, Banjul to Bamako, young people are harnessing technology to transform...

The Massive Enviromental Problem in Africa: Issues, Implications, and Solutions

The environmental problem in Africa is massive and growing every day. As Monique Walker puts it, the tragic dilemma is that “although Africa is the continent that contributes to the earth’s environmental change, it is the most vulnerable to its...

Govt Denies Alleged Issuance of 20,000 Diplomatic Passports

By: Fatou Krubally The Government of The Gambia has categorically denied recent claims that it issued 20,000 diplomatic passports, including to family members and former officials of Senegalese President Macky Sall. The clarification comes...