Tag: West Africa
2025-26 CAF Confederation Cup: Check out list of teams qualified for Money Zone
The 2025-26 CAF Confederation Cup is set for the draw, with all 16 slots having been filled.
North Africa will present six teams in the group stage [...]
Eddie Hearn confirms Accra to host landmark boxing event
Accra, the capital of Ghana, is set to host a landmark boxing event promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing on December 20, 2025, marking the compa [...]
The Jollof Debate: Gambia wins in 2025 West Africa Food Festival
The debate over which West African country's jollof tastes good will go on forever, but in 2025 to 2026, The Gambia will have the bragging right after [...]
How ‘Dior parties’ are causing a scandal in West Africa
The trend spread like wildfire, as did the intractable controversies around it. In just a few months, “Dior parties” have become all the rage on socia [...]
Burkina Faso’s junta passes law to criminalise homosexuality
Burkina Faso has won the battle against homosexuality after the country's junta announced that the practice is completely banned in every corner of th [...]
Mali junta accuses ‘foreign states’ of attempted destabilisation plot
The authorities in Mali on Thursday said a French national had been arrested on suspicion of working for French intelligence services, and accused "fo [...]
Mali junta chief granted five-year term in power, renewable ‘as many times as necessary’
Mali's military authorities on Thursday granted the junta chief a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and [...]
Colonization is repackaged, and the West is still colonizing Africa – KSM
Kwaku Sintim-Misa, popularly known as KSM, has reminded Africans that the Europeans are still in charge of the continent, although their plans and met [...]
Accra Lions announces cooperation with Eintracht Frankfurt
Ghana Premier League side Accra Lions have announced an incredible partnership with German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt.
The announcement wa [...]
Niger announces Hausa as national language, ditches French
West African nation Niger has announced that Hausa is the national language and reduced French to a basic working language.
French has been the off [...]