WEST AFRICA

Nigeria: students hope to go back to school

University students demand government reaches an agreement with striking teachers so classes can resume

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Coup contagion spreads to Burkina Faso

Failure of governments to deliver is enabling military rule

Mali: military has no plan to cede power

Stand-off with the international community threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

Ghana’s opportunistic moral panic

Politicians seek advantage by fuelling attacks on LGBTQI+ people