SAM MEDNICK

June 6, 2023 at 4:53 am

US-based aid group says around $900,000 stolen by employees in Congo

An American-based aid group says approximately $900,000 was stolen from its Congo programs by members of the organization who conspired with outside actors.

Business

June 5, 2023 at 12:02 pm

Senegal violence threatens country’s stability as experts call on government to instill calm VIEW

Senegal experts have called on the government to instill calm after days of the country’s deadliest violence in years and concerns it could have lasting...

Business

June 4, 2023 at 9:10 am

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Senegal’s government has temporarily suspended mobile phone data as the country reels from days of deadly clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane...

Business

June 4, 2023 at 7:15 am

Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament

Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature.

Business

June 1, 2023 at 11:39 pm

Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university VIEW

Senegal's government says that at least nine people have been killed in violent clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

Business

May 25, 2023 at 7:39 am

Centuries-old cotton tree, a national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone VIEW

Sierra Leon's President Julius Maada Bio says heavy rains felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree that has stood as the country's national symbol for decades.

Nation & World

May 10, 2023 at 12:41 am

US-based aid group says around $900,000 stolen by employees in Congo

Senegal violence threatens country’s stability as experts call on government to instill calm VIEW

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Guinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament

Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university VIEW

Centuries-old cotton tree, a national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone VIEW

South Sudanese flee Sudan’s conflict yet return to crisis VIEW

Mass killing of civilians by security forces in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso investigates alleged abuses by security forces

320 Sudanese soldiers crossed into neighboring Chad