The president’s official reason for postponing the upcoming election has been met with suspicion. Analysts say: follow the money
Although the West African country has not experienced a coup, unlike others in the region, the February vote could be marred by violence
“Family fortunes” in Chad reflect further-reaching dynamics of ruling
It was something many Senegalese thought they would never see: Karim Wade, arrested at his home and put behind bars in Dakar’s infamous prison.
The son of former Senegal president Abdoulaye Wade has been asked to explain why he has assets allegedly worth over $1-billion, say judicial sources.
Centuries before European colonialists carved up Africa, Arab traders marvelled at the profits to be reaped in the fabled lands south of the Sahara. ”In the country of Ghana, gold grows in the sand as carrots do and is plucked at sunrise,” wrote Ibn al-Faqih, a ninth-century chronicler.