Yinka Ibukun
Bloomberg
Nigeria
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Two Million People Are Demanding Payment for Forest Preservation
At COP27, the African country of Gabon will make the case that decades of conservation deserve compensation too. → Read More
The Ancient Superfood That Can Help Ease Hunger in a Parched World
Fonio, a healthy and drought-resilient grain native to West Africa, could bolster the region’s food security with advances in how it is harvested and processed. → Read More
Sierra Leonean Mayor Faces Probe After Official’s Arrest
Police in Sierra Leone ordered the mayor of Freetown, the West African nation’s capital, to appear at a meeting following the arrest of one of her councilors, who was detained for allegedly inciting deadly violence earlier this year. → Read More
Police Probe Sierra Leone Capital’s Mayor After Arresting Aide
From the policy debates to the political fights, today's top newsmakers make sure they sit down with Chris Wallace. → Read More
Guinea’s Neighbors to Meet on Coup, Demand Leader’s Release
West African leaders will hold a virtual summit Wednesday to discuss the coup in Guinea, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Ghana Police Arrest 21 LGBTQ Activists for ‘Unlawful Assembly’
Police arrested 21 LGBTQ activists who were attending a conference in the Ghana’s southeastern city of Ho, the latest raid targeting sexual minorities in the West African nation. → Read More
How City Life Transformed Ghana’s Compound Houses
As Accra expanded in the late 19th century, residents recreated the communal homes they knew from the countryside. Today those buildings face overcrowding and demolition. → Read More
What’s Next for Chad After Long-Serving President Deby’s Death
Chad has only had one ruler since Idriss Deby came to power in an uprising 30 years ago. His death at the age of 68 from injuries the army says were sustained in a rebel attack has cast the West Africa nation into political limbo, with a military junta planning to hold power until well into next year. → Read More
Benin’s Talon Wins Re-Election in Vote Lacking Main Opposition
Benin’s President Patrice Talon won re-election Tuesday with 86% of votes, according to provisional results, and is expected to lead the West African nation for another five years. → Read More
Jack Ma Sees E-Commerce as Africa’s Big Business Opportunity
Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said African entrepreneurs will find countless opportunities in e-commerce, logistics and e-payments as the continent prepares for the start of a free-trade deal. → Read More
Six People Fall Into Poverty in This Nation Every Minute
Nigeria has the world’s largest number of extremely poor, which the U.N. defines as living on less than $1.90 a day. → Read More
Waning Support in Nigeria's North Poses Election Risk for Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid is facing a growing challenge as members of his party defect to the opposition and support diminishes in a key region that’s stood by him politically for 15 years: the north. → Read More
Rising Violence in Northwestern Nigeria Kills 371, Amnesty Says
Attacks by armed bandits on villages in a northwestern Nigerian state have claimed at least 371 lives this year, according to Amnesty International, as the more than five-year conflict spurred by clashes between farmers and herders continues to take its toll. → Read More
Military Habits Die Hard as Nigeria's Buhari Defies Court Orders
When a Nigerian high court ruled this month that a former national security adviser should be freed on bail, it was the sixth such judgment since his detention in 2015. Authorities haven’t obeyed a single one. For critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, he’s picking and choosing which judgments to comply with, a stance that stirs uncomfortable echoes of his days as a military ruler in the 1980s.… → Read More
Nigerians Bury Cash in Backyards as Mobile Money Stumbles
Every few days, Tasiu Abdurrahman takes the money he makes from selling spices in Nigeria’s biggest northern city and buries it in his yard. → Read More
MTN Reopens Nigeria Offices After Days of Violent Protests
MTN Group Ltd. reopened offices in Nigeria that had been closed since Monday due to violent protests by labor groups against Africa’s largest mobile-phone company by subscribers. → Read More
Spreading Violence in Central Nigeria Risks Buhari's Re-Election
An age-old conflict over grazing land in Nigeria that’s exploded into widespread violence may be threatening President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances for re-election in February. → Read More
Buhari's Feuding Party Threatens Bid for Second Term in Nigeria
Widening splits in Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress are jeopardizing his bid for re-election next year. → Read More
Dream of a Lagos Champs-Élysées Banks on Nigerian Recovery
A high-end seaside development in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos could be operational in the next five years as the West African nation’s economy rebounds from its worst contraction in more than two decades, according to the project’s promoter. → Read More
Women Tell Amnesty International That Nigerian Troops Raped Them
Women freed from the captivity of Boko Haram Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria have accused soldiers of raping them, Amnesty International said. → Read More