2024 looks to be a transformative year for the nations of Africa. The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is beginning to create a foothold on the continent, millions of Africans will vote in ...

As applause filled the hall at the Jardin Savana Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, Valdez Onanina stepped forward to hand certificates of distinguished service to three people who helped shape fact-checking in ...

Accra, Ghana — The violent dispute in northern Ghana was intensely local. As the report described it, it was a “sporadic ethnic conflict between the Kusasis and Mamprusis over rights to the Bawku ...

The fourth edition of the Africa Facts Summit opened on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together more than 200 participants from 20 countries across the continent, including ...

Investments in African information and communication technologies have come under scrutiny lately, as the World Bank offered to help fund several projects, and in one case this week was rejected. The ...

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