West Africa correspondent Monika Pronczuk had already reported on allegations of abuses by Russians fighting jihadists as ...

Bouchareb first came across the story of the tests while researching Days of Glory, about the mistreatment of Northern ...

Story School, the communication school of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), in collaboration with the French-African Foundation, announces the launch of KESSA – the pan-African program ...

For many African languages there are few written resources online that can be used to train AI. The African Next Voices project is trying to change that by recording underrepresented languages and ...

On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. 1 The following day, the WHO declared the ...

A recent report focuses on the death toll and on the burial site of the victims, stressing the importance of telling their ...

As Kigali hosted the Francophonie Summit, Rwanda placed its youth and women at the heart of the global Francophonie movement. With discussions focused on employment, education, and cultural exchange, ...

India remains one of the world’s most bilingual countries. With more than 19,500 languages and dialects spoken across states, ...

Dominique Pelicot, a convicted rapist, is seeking a publisher for his writings from prison, sparking controversy and debate ...

I’m delighted you’ve found your way here, because this question about why Nigerians speak French has fascinated me throughout my years covering West African linguistics and cultural exchange. After ...

A creole language forms when two different languages mix into a new language, like Haitian Creole which is a mixture of French and West African languages, and Jamaican Patois, a mix of English and ...

When the 2025 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) convened in Windhoek, Namibia, in September, it brought together digital rights advocates, technologists, journalists and policy makers ...