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Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images
ABDOURAHAMANE TCHIANI

The A-Z of 2023 for Africa

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…

  • Samira Sawlani
9 min read
Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou speaks with the press outside the Niger Embassy, in Paris on August 5, 2023, days after coup plotters ousted Niger President, Mohamed Bazoum, holding him with his family in his official Niamey residence since July 26. Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP via Getty Images
COUP

Regional diplomacy in Niger crisis sheds light on Nigeria ties

A military intervention has been staved off by leaders in north Nigeria, but queues of long-haul trucks are stuck now that the Niger and Nigeria border has been closed

  • Aminu Abubakar
  • Camille Malplat
3 min read
Overthrown: Cars were burned outside the party headquarters of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum. Photo: Getty Images
COUP

In post-coup Niger, many salute ‘liberation’ despite global criticism

Plenty of people seem relieved to see the end of 12 years in government by the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

  • Agence France Presse
4 min read
Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou speaks with the press outside the Niger Embassy, in Paris on August 5, 2023, days after coup plotters ousted Niger President, Mohamed Bazoum, holding him with his family in his official Niamey residence since July 26. Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP via Getty Images
ECOWAS

Pressure mounts on Niger coup leaders as deadline approaches

ECOWAS military chiefs of staff have agreed on a plan for a possible intervention to respond to the crisis

  • Afp
4 min read
Coup: Nigeriens hold a sign reading ‘Together we will make it’ during a march called by supporters of coup leader General Omar Tchianis. Photo: Djibo Issifou/Getty Images
BOLA TINUBU

Nigeria turns the screw on Niger coup leaders

But the country is unlikely to intervene militarily because its forces are already overstretched at home

  • Alexandre Martins Lopes
3 min read
Upheaval: Demonstrators gather to protest the detention of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum by the Presidential Guard in Niamey on 26 July. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
COUP

Guards’ insurrection adds to Niger’s woes

The West African country has suffered from chronic political volatility since gaining independence from France in 1960

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
A man wears a traditional Kankurang mask along the beach in the popular tourist area of Senegambia in Banjul on December 6, 2021. (Photo: John Wessels/AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

The Continent: Africa A-Z of 2021

The highlights of 2021 in Africa

  • Samira Sawlani
  • The Continent
9 min read
ABIY AHMED

Insecurity and Covid-19: Threats to electoral democracy in Africa

Restrictions to battle the pandemic offer ideal cover for authoritarian regimes to undermine and clamp down on opposition parties

  • Jibrin Ibrahim
7 min read