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Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger’s bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils

The Sahel country is one of the few African nations to boast rare dinosaurs, but safeguarding them is a challenge.

Jobaria is on public display stimulating numer-ous questions on the part of children and Paul Sereno and his team are happy to answer all questi-ons

Agadez: The ancient Sahelian city forced to change amid trying times

A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

Illo holds an old photo showing him and his friends in front of his old store

A year after Niger’s coup, split political loyalties test family ties

While many Nigeriens have welcomed the military rulers, others question their rhetoric and approach towards governance.

General Abdourahamane Tiani

Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar

Farmers in Ivory Coast, the source of 45% of the world’s cocoa beans, battle climate change and market inequality.

Cocoa farming in Ivory Coast

Debate on ditching CFA begins as Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger forge new path

Amid talk of ditching West African franc, a colonial-era legacy, analysts unpack what it means for three Sahel states.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

Economic hardship, insecurity spike in Mali as ECOWAS exit looms

Mali’s exit from the bloc comes as citizens complain about fallout of regional sanctions imposed following two coups.

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Jeune Lio, the Cameroonian-born ‘music conductor’ charming the Ivory Coast

He started as a self-taught DJ in Paris, but Jeune Lio is now one of Francophone Africa’s most influential music heads.

Cameroonian-born DJ Jeune Lio

Trial gives Guinea stadium massacre survivors hope for justice

A high-stakes trial over the killings and sexual crimes in Conakry in 2009 has begun.

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 file photo, young soccer players train outside the September 28 stadium in Conakry, Guinea. On Sept. 28, 2009 several hundred soldiers stormed the national stadium where an anti-government rally was being held, killing more than 150 people and at least 109 victims of sexual assault in what was an ordered and methodical attack on protesters demanding the resignation of coup leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Ivory Coast’s controversial polygamy bill: All you need to know

The bill to make polygyny legal in the West African state has sparked a debate online and offline over women’s rights.

A wedding in Ivory Coast