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Tag: West Africa

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Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025Elian Peltier and Arlette BashiziComments Off on Unregulated Sexual Stimulants Flood West Africa

Unregulated sexual stimulants claiming to be herbal remedies or pharmaceuticals are flooding the region. Officials are scrambling to address the issue.

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Musicians Who Knew Amadou Bagayoko Pay Tribute With Their Songs

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Musicians Who Knew Amadou Bagayoko Pay Tribute With Their Songs

Amadou Bagayoko and his wife, the singer Mariam Doumbia, rose from icons in Mali to international success over the last two decades. After Mr. Bagayoko’s death, those who knew him chose a few of their favorite songs.

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Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd

Encouraged by Senegal’s new president, teenagers and young adults, with social media tools in hand, have thronged an art exhibition that is usually the exclusive realm of the wealthy and elite.

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Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd

December 5, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Coming for Selfies, Staying for Art: Dakar’s Biennale Draws Young Crowd

Encouraged by Senegal’s new president, teenagers and young adults, with social media tools in hand, have thronged an art exhibition that is usually the exclusive realm of the wealthy and elite.

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Pentagon Hands Over Last Base in Niger as Extremism Spreads in the Sahel

August 5, 2024August 5, 2024ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Pentagon Hands Over Last Base in Niger as Extremism Spreads in the Sahel

Relations between the two countries soured after a coup last year. Now the United States is scrambling to find new security partners.

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Three West African Countries Exit Regional ECOWAS Bloc

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Three West African Countries Exit Regional ECOWAS Bloc

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region.

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I.C.C. Convicts Senior Jihadist Police Leader of Atrocities in Timbuktu

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024Marlise Simons and Elian PeltierComments Off on I.C.C. Convicts Senior Jihadist Police Leader of Atrocities in Timbuktu

The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012.

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U.S. Confronts Failures as Terrorism Spreads in West Africa

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024Eric Schmitt and Ruth MacleanComments Off on U.S. Confronts Failures as Terrorism Spreads in West Africa

American and French forces have been ordered out of several countries after a series of coups.

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Protesters in Niger Call for U.S. Military Exit

April 13, 2024April 13, 2024ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Protesters in Niger Call for U.S. Military Exit

Trainers and equipment from Russia landed in the West African nation this week, putting the continued presence of 1,000 U.S. military personnel there in doubt.

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Democracy Crumbling in African Countries Once Ruled by France

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024Ruth MacleanComments Off on Democracy Crumbling in African Countries Once Ruled by France

A wave of military coups and presidents clinging to power are two sides of the same anti-democratic coin plaguing Francophone Africa, experts say.

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