FEATURE-All at sea: foreign fishing fleets drain West African waters
Trawlers of Asian, European and Western African origin often carry out illegal incursions into waters reserved for locals, or flaunt fishing regulations
Thousands of West Africans gain identity documents, one million still stateless - UN
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 20,000 people in West Africa have gained identity documents in …
Ebola disrupts Liberia birth records, poses trafficking threat-UN
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Kieran Guilbert LONDON, July 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – West Africa’s Ebola epidemic has disrupted birth registrations in Liberia, leaving hundreds of …
Spike in Ebola in Guinea could reflect access to hidden patients
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation DAKAR, Mar 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The latest spike in Guinea’s Ebola cases could be …
Bénin Angelique Kidjo, why did you do this song?
Seeing Angelique Kidjo and Seal, sing along to one of the worst songs in musical history made me question, not only their artistic taste but also their human integrity.
West African artists urge French-speaking nations to act on Ebola
DAKAR, Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – West African artists have urged heads of state holding a French-speaking nations’ summit in Dakar this weekend to take …
Gambia W. Africa Ebola crisis hits tourism, compounds hunger in Gambia
DAKAR, Oct 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pestilence, cyclical droughts and floods, and the West Africa Ebola crisis have pushed hunger to record levels in Gambia, where 200,000 people …
