| 单词 | West Africa |
| 例句 | The Sahel, Ethiopia, and West Africa did yield indigenous crops, but many fewer varieties than grew in Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had to slow way down for a stop sign because the drivers in West Africa were turning out to be as bad as the ones in Brazzaville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the 176 other subfamilies are crammed into West Africa, a small fraction of the entire Niger-Congo range. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence the Andes, West Africa, and the Mississippi Valley were effectively rather isolated from societies with writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A strain of simian aids virus was recently isolated from a chimpanzee in Gabon, in West Africa, which is, so far, the closest thing to hiv-i that anyone has yet found in the animal kingdom. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Haitians, who trace their ancestry to West Africa, have been exploited for 250 years, no matter what government was in power. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Music pedagogy of West Africa compared to the U.S. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Epidemics of yellow fever also struck numerous cities in South America, Europe, Russia, and West Africa. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The game plan was for Adah to ride over on the boat to Spain with the Land Rover, and drive to West Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z West Africa eventually did receive Fertile Crescent domestic animals across the Sahara, and later accepted Islamic influence, including Arabic writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It bothers me to even look at it. It can’t support ten million people, and there they are. There they are, kidnapped from West Africa.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The arrival of the domestic horse in West Africa transformed warfare there and turned the area into a set of kingdoms dependent on cavalry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Mellon family had financed a hospital called Hospital Albert Schweitzer, named for the famous German theologian and physician who had worked as a doctor in West Africa. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The remaining surprise is that all of Africa’s indigenous crops—those of the Sahel, Ethiopia, and West Africa—originated north of the equator. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The number includes very dangerous malaria vectors in West Africa, the Middle East, Central America, Indonesia, and the eastern European region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My uncle was right in one respect: in a typical household in the Kenema District of southeastern Sierra Leone, West Africa, my birth would not have been cause for celebration. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z To work the colonists’ farms, slaves were soon imported from different corners of the Dutch empire, from West Africa, Madagascar, and the East Indies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So I took off my sunglasses and fanned myself with the map of West Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, the people who first domesticated wet-country crops of West Africa spoke languages ancestral to the modern Niger-Congo languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Lily had stopped to take out her compact and reapply her orange ice lipstick as if she’d already heard all about West Africa and Ghana and people from Ghana. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In particular, Bantu farmers who acquired cows and sheep spread out of their homeland in West Africa and within a short time overran the former hunter-gatherers in most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Note that the rhyme itself is not from West Africa, but it is the process of aural transmission itself that is one of the main goals of the lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Food production also arose in West Africa and Ethiopia, and by around 2500 B.C. cattle herders had already crossed the modern border from Ethiopia into northern Kenya. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The Andes, West Africa’s kingdoms, and the mouth of the Mississippi River lay only about 1,200, 1,500, and 700 miles, respectively, from societies with writing in Mexico, North Africa, and Mexico, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Those crops prove to be ones like West African yams, oil palm, and kola nut—plants that were already believed on botanical and other evidence to be native to West Africa and first domesticated there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only factor that prevented horses from spreading beyond West Africa was trypanosome diseases borne by tsetse flies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z During the trial the prosecutor called more than one hundred witnesses from all over the country, including the Transkei and South West Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If you lived in West Africa you ate cassava, yams, beans, and millet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It is a great inlaid map, dating from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth centuries, reaching from West Africa to the Pacific Ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse never became established farther south than West Africa’s kingdoms north of the equator. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “She told us about this slave ship full of people from West Africa. They called themselves ‘Ibos.’” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z For a while now she had been examining the archives documenting the lives of French slave masters and their commerce in West Africa. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The next-to-last set of African crops arose from wild ancestors in the wet climate of West Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He earned recognition as a visual artist and started a nonprofit organization to send medical aid to West Africa. At Serengeti Kitchen, Touches of Memoir Dot the Menu 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z When the Ebola outbreak in West Africa began to escalate a few months ago, the writer Richard Preston was working on a children’s fantasy novel. ‘The Hot Zone’ Author Tracks Ebola’s Evolution 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The shop’s owners, who are white, got interested in ethically sourced coffee while working for an N.G.O. in West Africa. A Visit to Montgomery’s Legacy Museum 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z His United States appearances are infrequent, but at this show he performs with Percussion Mania, a group of growing renown in West Africa, featuring a double-balafon front line that also includes Yacouba Konate. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Although the situation can change rapidly, there is now no risk of contracting Ebola in countries in West Africa without reported cases. Tourists Urged to Avoid Ebola Zone in West Africa 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z That geographical area has a particular resonance: many slaves in America were taken from West Africa. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z “If they were sweating in this air-conditioned room,” Andrews remembers thinking, “imagine what it’s like to wear one of these in West Africa.” How a wedding dress maker is trying to stop the spread of Ebola "In West Africa, cases and deaths continue to surge," she said. Ebola outbreak: call to send in military to West Africa to help curb epidemic 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z In New Jersey, a patient was being tested for Ebola because of flu-like symptoms after recent travel to West Africa, state health officials said on Wednesday. US authorises emergency use of Ebola test to battle virus outbreak 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The broader region I come from, West Africa, has influenced so much of what we consider essential to the American palate, that its contributions almost feel like a foregone conclusion. What the Food We Cook Reveals About Us 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It starts at West Africa, goes to the Caribbean and goes to the American South. Kwame Onwuachi: Inside the top chef’s culinary comeback story and the new film based on his life 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Coronavirus measures have been reinstated in parts of North and West Africa where infections have surged in recent weeks. Counting on ‘Endemic’: The Travel Industry Readies for a Potentially New Phase 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Boko Haram and its powerful offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have plagued the northeast, killing tens of thousands of civilians. Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Security forces went house-to-house looking for Ebola patients and others exposed to the disease Thursday in Sierra Leone's capital as the death toll from the worst recorded outbreak in history surpassed 700 in West Africa. W. Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Certainly one of the most expansive of these canvases is “The Woman King,” a drama about the real women soldiers of the precolonial Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa. ‘The Woman King’ Review: She Slays 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The company’s factory is one of the few that survived a great shift in sardine production to West Africa, where over half of all sardines are now canned. In Portugal, Taking a Dive Into Sardines 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Before being grilled, the parsnips are rubbed with a tsire spice mix reminiscent of West Africa. A Belle Époque for African-American Cooking 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The narrator, when she visits West Africa, expresses a kind of wistfulness about the role of dance there, especially in rites of passage. Zadie Smith on Dance: ‘It Brings Such Intense Joy’ 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “I like to think that ‘chale’ and I come from the same place: a West Africa shaping the world in its image, not the other way around,” she says. Top Words 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z At 18, he enlisted in the colonial navy and was posted to Dakar, then the capital of French West Africa. The African Artist-Writer Who Mapped New Worlds 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z In April, I arrived at the airport in West Africa, and the hot air clobbered me. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z More than 60% of illegal fishing in West Africa is committed by foreign vessels, particularly from Spain and China. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The people of West Africa need to stop denying it exists. Ebola: life and death on the frontline 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Kidnapped from West Africa around age 7, she arrived in 1761 in Boston, where she was bought by John Wheatley, a prosperous merchant, and his wife, Susanna. A Fresh Look at a Pioneering Black Voice of Revolutionary America 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The chief suspected reservoirs, Mr. Quammen says, are certain types of fruit bat, which are present in parts of Central and West Africa. ‘Ebola,’ a History by David Quammen 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z This “Hamlet” is set not in Denmark, but somewhere that looks like contemporary West Africa, filled with colorful Batik prints, razor-sharp tailoring and Yoruba drumming. After ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear,’ Where Else Can Paapa Essiedu Go? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Africans have been making alcoholic beverages as far back as the historical record goes; palm-wine in West Africa, banana beer in the Great Lakes region, mead in Ethiopia, and maize beer in southern Africa. The delicious, diverse world of spirits from the African continent 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z There’s a bin of hand-carved masks from West Africa, for example. You Can Take It With You, and Museums Hope You Will 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has now killed at least 660 people in West Africa. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the deadliest ever 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z She sang the traditional music of the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa, a former Portuguese colony. Grammy-winning singer Cesaria Evora dies at age 70 2011-12-17T19:52:37Z Wheatley was kidnapped from her home in West Africa, enslaved and brought to North America when she was 7 or 8 years old. ‘Give the Children the Poems and Stories of Their Own People’ 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Her latest film, "Frontieres", centers on four market women who travel across West Africa from Dakar, Senegal to Lagos, Nigeria, braving corrupt border guards and the ever-present threat of violence to earn a living. Burkina Faso director gives African women authentic voice 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z China is estimated to report only 8& of its industrial catch from West Africa, while the European Union reports 29%. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The structure, designed by the architects David Adjaye, Philip Freelon, and J. Max Bond, Jr., was inspired by Yoruban crowns from West Africa, with the openings in the lattice meant to invite in the sunlight. The Smithsonian’s Black-History Museum Will Always Be a Failure and a Success 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The death toll from Ebola, in Farmer’s account, arose from the medical deserts of upper West Africa, from a longstanding failure to invest in basic health infrastructure and supportive care. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z In addition, there will be stops for foods from Mexico and West Africa. Spare Times for Aug. 10-16 2012-08-10T04:40:09Z The L.A.-based Siegel traveled to Brazil on a Fulbright Fellowship to study Candomblé, a religion derived from the beliefs and practices of the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Pacific Standard Time exhibition at the Fowler traces the power of sacred plants in Brazil 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Built in 1551, this fort was the arrival point for countless slaves trafficked from West Africa. See Brazil for more than soccer 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Many of the most vivid images were of ecological nightmares in progress throughout West Africa. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z Initial observers suspected that it might be a recurrence of Lassa fever, caused by the Lassa filovirus endemic in West Africa. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z I’m getting quite a following in West Africa. Michael Frayn’s comic novels: ‘Mad Men’ settings with a modern message 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z From Egypt the show takes a leap across the Sahara, to what is now Mali, in West Africa. Art Review: ‘African Cosmos,’ at National Museum of African Art 2012-08-30T21:48:16Z All of West Africa was a cultural ferment. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The C.D.C. suggests that travelers returning from West Africa, even those without symptoms, visit a doctor when they arrive in the United States. Tourists Urged to Avoid Ebola Zone in West Africa 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z In West Africa it corresponds to the griot, who passes on oral history through poetry and sound. What Does a Singer Do With Full Freedom? 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z He’s even added black-eyed-pea fritters to the menu, for a taste of West Africa. Ethiopian cuisine is unlike any other. Why are some chefs trying to modernize it? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Another former Vice News reporter, Danny Gold, wrote a Twitter thread about the inaccuracies in "Merchants of Truth" regarding his reporting work covering the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Jill Abramson's "Merchants of Truth": A "fight for facts" marred by plagiarism allegations 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Their ancestors were captured in West Africa and enslaved. A High-Summer Feast to Forge Connections in the Deep South 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Another fresh voice is Nigerian author Suyi Davies Okungbowa, whose energetic “Son of the Storm” opens a new series set in a lush secondary world inspired by West Africa. Review | African speculative fiction is finally getting its due. Let’s talk about books to seek out. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z They and other black people were sent to settlements in West Africa that became Liberia as part of an effort by the American Colonization Society to rid the United States of black freemen. My Liberia: A Vacation Paradise 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The holy infant — Eve, in this rendering — is wrapped in a vibrant, patterned crimson blanket reminiscent of Ankara fabric used widely in West Africa. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Kidjo, a global pop star from Benin, in West Africa, has made such moments a hallmark of her live shows, often using the same songs to similar effect. Music Review | Ang?lique Kidjo: Ang?lique Kidjo: West African Music From ?Oyo? CD 2010-03-29T04:57:00Z “Christian aTunde Adjuah,” his fifth album on Concord, announces a new name and look for Mr. Scott, drawing from his Mardi Gras Indian heritage and beyond, to his roots in West Africa. New Music: Gloriana, Farm Inc. and Christian Scott Release New Music 2012-07-30T21:47:21Z There were a few areas that he was unfamiliar with, and to make sure they were safe, he took the same steps that his staff members followed before this West Africa tour. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z It is the airline’s second nonstop flight from Washington to a country in West Africa. Monday’s Digest: Alaska and American Expand Partnership and Other Airline and Airport News 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Katapila, a musician in Accra, the capital of Ghana, in West Africa. Spinning Tunes in Ghana, With the World on His Mind 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Because of changes in the global oil economy since the 1970s, Exxon Mobil has been driven into weak and unstable states – in West Africa, for example. ArtsBeat: Steve Coll Talks About the Power of Exxon Mobil 2012-05-02T17:31:09Z By writing it in West Africa’s lingua franca - a blend of English and indigenous languages - she hopes to spread its message as widely as possible. Pidgin perfect: Slang spreads message for Nigeria's 'opera queen' 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z National laws in West Africa are in line with public sentiment. Gay community under attack in Liberia over Ebola outbreak 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But Ghana, in West Africa, stands out, most recently for its Year of Return tourism campaign, which marked the 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. Perspective | Congress’s kente cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Black-eyed peas were domesticated in West Africa and carried to the South and the Caribbean in the era of slavery, Dr. Harris said. Stewing Black-Eyed Peas for New Year’s Luck 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Sarah Schutz, a senior at Barnard, researched Columbia’s connections with the colonization movement, which encouraged free blacks — slavery was legally abolished in New York State in 1827 — to resettle in West Africa. Columbia Examines Its Long-Ago Links to Slavery 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Many big Chinese companies have invested in Africa - China is Africa's leading trading partner - and some 200 operate in West Africa, where Ebola has been at its most lethal, killing close to 5,000 people. Ebola crisis highlights China's philanthropic shortfall 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Also commonly danced throughout West Africa and the Americas. Travel the World Through These Dance Tutorials 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The reported fatality rate in West Africa is about 70 percent, but Dr. Ben Neuman, a widely published virologist at the University of Reading in England, said that may change. Tourists Urged to Avoid Ebola Zone in West Africa 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The Wanderer had traveled seven days from West Africa before mooring clandestinely on the island’s marshy coast. Encounters With Ghosts on Georgia’s Golden Isles 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z That was the day he met Georgette Badiel, an international model who was raised in West Africa. To Win a Supermodel’s Hand, 4 Goats and a Cola Nut 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z On Sunday, Frieden said old-fashioned practices were required to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa. Condition of Ebola-infected US doctor has improved, says hospital 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z A carved statue of Bashenga is modeled after Mansa Musa, who was the king of the ancient empire of Mali in West Africa. In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ One Scene Celebrates and Commemorates 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In West Africa, it’s a whole different story. A quarter of Americans think Ebola is coming to get them 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z She then spent over 15 years in West Africa as a teacher and now lives and teaches English in South London, splitting her holidays between England and Ghana. Top writing tips: Sarah Mussi 2012-08-01T08:00:00Z “With the exception of one Liberian-born U.S. citizen,” Farmer points out, “every American who fell ill from the strains circulating in West Africa survived. So did most Europeans.” The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The Sumerians, the Fulani of West Africa, the Norse of the Viking wastes, all had a milk-based creation story. A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z In a loving e-mail exchange with his son about his photos from West Africa, du Cille wrote shortly before he died: “My work is a calling to me. I hope it makes a difference.” A farewell to Michel du Cille, photographer and artist ‘with a lovely soul’ 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The story states that around two-thirds of the world's cocoa supply comes from West Africa and, according to a 2015 U.S. Beneath M&M's candy-coated image switcheroo is the dark chocolatey, ethically broke business beneath 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z He is proudly rooted in his hometown, Podor, in northern Senegal, and in the culture of the Fulani, a nomadic group that is spread across West Africa. Music Review: Baaba Maal at Fillmore New York 2010-05-02T22:11:00Z “When I first went to West Africa, my whole brain exploded,” he said in an interview. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z This year’s show, “Turn’t Up Tour,” also presents performances from around the world, including a balancing act from Vietnam; teeterboard acrobatics from West Africa; and high-wire artists from Colombia. Spare Times for Children for April 19-25 2013-04-18T22:11:56Z Lemongrass, coconut, cassava and seasonal fruit are indigenous ingredients across many parts of West Africa, and they shine in a lemongrass tapioca. Connecting With West Africa’s Plant-Based Past 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The country is central to a wave that puts West Africa at the heart of global Christianity, said professor Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu of Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra. Faith puts Ghana at heart of global Christianity 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The Ebola outbreak deemed “totally out of control” by a public health official last week continues to take a deadly toll across West Africa, the World Health Organization reports. “Drastic action” needed: Worst-ever Ebola outbreak continues to wreak havoc in West Africa 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The setting is Louisiana’s bayou, via Yoruba myths of West Africa. Review | ‘Moonlight’ writer McCraney’s writing still glows in ‘The Brothers Size’ 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Beyond the three countries at the epicenter, Ebola reached only three others, all in West Africa. As Ebola 'fear factor' eases, African tourism edges back 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Cuban doctors and nurses departing for West Africa to combat Ebola consider themselves lucky. Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z But here’s the thing about Ebola: even if it did reach the U.S., we’d be unlikely to see a sequence of events like the one currently unfolding in West Africa. What will it take to stop the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z One example: She places eggplant at the center of a peanut stew whose prototype is found in West Africa. A Belle Époque for African-American Cooking 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z All the landscapes he trod, from West Africa to the Welsh border, got fantastically rearranged inside his head and emerged somehow more real, if less verifiable, on the page. The Wanderer 2011-02-25T17:39:26Z Music and dance performances from cultures of West Africa, fashion show, African marketplace, Senegalese cuisine, dance workshops, noon-8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-05-05T19:33:17Z Instead, he focuses on the life he lived in West Africa and his life in Africatown, a settlement of emancipated persons. Review | Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, ‘Barracoon,’ finally sees the light of day 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z He made good on that initial impression with a series of sculptures on the Masai of Kenya and Tanzania, the Zulus of South Africa and the nomadic Fulanis of West Africa. Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z In 1980 she left her homeland, which by then had been renamed Zaire, and traveled through West Africa. Tshala Muana, Congolese Singer With Danceable Messages, Dies at 64 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In a terrible irony, at one point they shunted aside the American advisers and used their own troops to round up indigenous people, who then were shipped to forced labor camps elsewhere in West Africa. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z More importantly, the hysteria about Ebola in America distracts from the very real and present tragedy afflicting thousands of people in West Africa. The 5 most toxic myths about Ebola, debunked 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Micheal Twitty, cited by Risen, says "if Green taught Daniel, the history of alcohol production by blacks hailed from West Africa." Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan "Nearest" Green, Jack Daniel's and my dad's sobriety 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The notion of quilters as storytellers may date to the ‘griot,’ the keepers of oral traditions in villages throughout West Africa. Gone but Never Forgotten in a Quilt 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z More than half of Haiti’s 11 million people are believed to practice voodoo, a religion brought from West Africa centuries ago by enslaved men and women and practiced clandestinely under French colonial rule. Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z Side by side, you see the two forces that drive his art: the well-established studio practice of West Africa and a healthy dose of self-regard. Within Himself, an African Photographer Finds Multitudes 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Meats from ASF-afflicted areas or countries, including Sardinia, sub-Saharan Africa and parts of West Africa, are prohibited from entry, according to the CBP website. Officials at Chicago airport seize 32 pounds of rat meat from passenger 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The broader E.U. said that it would look into whether screening at points of origin in West Africa is sufficient Reuters reported, and that if not, it would strengthen that process. The Latest on Ebola and Travel 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z In Congo Square, inside the park, McCusker tapped into jazz’s forebears, the slaves who gathered on Sundays to sing, dance and play their ancestral music from West Africa. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z It fuses the prized complex and fruit-flavored criollo bean with the hardy forastero, the bulk bean, mostly sourced from West Africa, that accounts for some 70 percent of the chocolate we eat. A Chocolate Tour of the Caribbean 2012-11-09T19:17:51Z He also pointed out that the quarantine could discourage doctors from volunteering to help contain Ebola in West Africa. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart wonders why Chris Christie has “to be such a d*ck” 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z She is the ultimate observer, finding remarkable comparisons between Moscow and New York and Tashkent and parts of West Africa. The 10 best travel writers you’ve never read but should 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z SAT Cultural roots and contemporary influences of West Africa with performances, visual arts, activities, food, games, marketplace, noon-8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-08T20:16:15Z Influences of West Africa and the American South are especially evident on the tour’s first stop, a nearly 30-year-old restaurant called Bahamian Cookin’. Nassau food tour showcases Bahamian fare beyond the resort 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In the 1940s and 1950s, Christian faiths were attracting many converts in West Africa. Mormons confront a history of Church racism 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “There are certain parts in West Africa where it’s forbidden to be gay, but folks who live in those communities who feel suppressed need something to help them carry on,” Mr. Sow said. Blacktag Has Big Plans 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Known as Little America, Liberia’s relationship with the United States dates back to the 1800s, when freed American slaves were sent to settlements across West Africa. The Ease of Monrovia’s ‘Hipco’ Clubs 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Later, it is processed with iodine and hauled off on massive trucks to be sold at markets across West Africa. For visitors to Senegal’s Lac Rose, a closer look at the colorful lake’s salt harvest 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The first feature film directed and written by Jonas Carpignano, it follows the harrowing odyssey of two close friends from Burkina Faso in West Africa who cross the Mediterranean to settle in Italy. Review: ‘Mediterranea,’ African Migrants’ Perilous Trek to a Hostile Land 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z A major outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is continuing to take lives, with no easy end in sight. 6 things you really need to know about the Ebola crisis 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In her controversial book, Travels in West Africa, Mary expressed her opposition to European imperialism and championed the rights of indigenous people. Top 10 inspiring female adventurers 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z In the fast-growing category of adventure cycling vacations, it’s safe to say that this one — West Africa en Vélo, TDA Global Cycling’s first expedition through West Africa — was on the extreme end. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Years later I was to stand at the “Door of No Return” in Ghana, West Africa, and consider another long and shadowed passage. I hosted a plantation retreat. Is it too late to say I’m sorry? 2014-01-20T15:30:00Z Six states, including Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, which together receive more than 70 percent of those passengers traveling from West Africa, have already been prepared to begin post-arrival monitoring. New Ebola Screening Measures 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But he has an excellent series of books set in West Africa around a dubious hero operating in a dubious environment. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa worsens, airlines around the globe are closely monitoring the situation but have yet to make any drastic changes. A guide for fliers worried about Ebola outbreak 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z But others, including Royal Air Maroc and Brussels Airlines, have regularly scheduled departures to destinations in West Africa. The Latest on Ebola and Travel 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z And a mother who, thanks to DNA testing, understood how deeply my roots connect to West Africa. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Khan’s death and the virus’s devastating march through West Africa in the summer of 2014 soon brought Farmer and his colleagues at Partners in Health to the region. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z "East Africa was full of that mix and I then moved to West Africa, which was colonial, but burgeoning with independence ideas, a new modernity being built, new ideas about music, life and literature." David Adjaye's African architecture inspiration 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z And because organic cocoa beans are primarily grown in Central and South America, buying organic chocolate sidesteps many of the labor issues associated with cocoa grown in West Africa. 5 things you should know before buying a chocolate bar 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z As Brown notes in her essay for the program, step dances have been an integral piece of Black culture for centuries, extending back to the traditional social dances of West Africa. Review | With debut of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ at the Met, a watershed moment for American opera 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In fact, of the 47 nations on the almost-12-million-square-mile continent, just six have reported Ebola cases, and four of those are in West Africa. Tips for traveling to Africa in the age of Ebola Despite a global alarm over the worst Ebola outbreak on record, Cuban doctors are eager to travel to West Africa and start healing the sick. Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z So I have found even manuals — of how to hunt wild birds in West Africa — fascinating. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The project, it turned out, was “The Woman King,” a historical drama set in 1823 about an army of female soldiers in West Africa. Lashana Lynch Challenges the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Cliché, Softly 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z I’ve talked to doctors who specialize in infectious diseases, and learned as much as I could, not just about Ebola, but about West Africa in general. My daughter’s Ebola scare: Why we’re not ready to panic (yet) 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z In an action-packed fantasy set in an alternate version of West Africa, strong female characters fight to save and keep magic in their kingdom. The 15 best tween and teen books of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Among them are two stunning groups: 18 drawings and paintings by Georges Seurat, the artistic passion of his life, and 18 sculptures, primarily from Central and West Africa. Félix Fénéon, the Collector-Anarchist Who Was Seurat’s First Champion 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The French colonialists eventually won and seized not just large swaths of West Africa but also the region’s treasures, including the sword. Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations Welcomes Some Treasures Home 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Her stories, which are often set in West Africa, use the framework of fantasy to explore weighty social issues: racial and gender inequality, political violence, the destruction of the environment, genocide and corruption. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The exhibit includes hundreds of gleaming objects made by artisans working for one of the most powerful kingdoms in West Africa. Summer art exhibition highlights around the nation 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z This wonderful debut by a Ghanaian-American novelist follows the shifting fortunes of the progeny of two half sisters, unknown to each other, in West Africa and America. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In West Africa, for example, fisheries support food security and livelihoods, but are often in poor or unknown condition. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Like, I wanted to be able to work in West Africa. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z He got the idea, he said, from rereading Celine’s “Journey to the End of the Night” and realizing the book’s descriptions of colonial West Africa were “exactly, exactly the world described by Thompson.” Film: Jim Thompson?s ?Killer Inside Me? Is Made Into a Film 2010-06-03T17:07:00Z Born in West Africa, raised in Lebanon and educated in Europe and the United States, she established her firm in 1990. 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been relying on authorities in West Africa to screen passengers for signs of Ebola. Ebola and Travel 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z NBC News medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman apologized Wednesday morning for violating a voluntary quarantine in the days after she returned from West Africa, where she was reporting on the Ebola outbreak. Snyderman returns to NBC News, apologizes for breaking Ebola quarantine 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z It lives in the forests of West Africa. Owls are natural-born killers. So why do we adore them so much? 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z In Moving Pictures, an octet led by the percussionist Mr. Rudolph, the rhythms of Brazil, West Africa and the Caribbean combine in an aesthetic that recalls the various fusion sounds of the 1970s and ’80s. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Uniting the flavors and fare of West Africa, France, Spain, the Caribbean and the American South, it highlights the various cultures that resided in South Louisiana in the 18th century. A Shrimp Creole for Our Times 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z In West Africa blacksmiths have always been feared as magicians because of their freakish, godly ability to smelt iron from ore, and turn solid to liquid and liquid to solid again. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z Liverpool apologised in 1999 for its prominent role in the 'triangular trade' which saw ships sail to West Africa, ship slaves to the Caribbean and return laden with sugar. Liverpool prepares to mark Slavery Remembrance Day 2012-08-08T06:00:00Z After the Portuguese transported manioc to West Africa in the 17th century, the root spread rapidly, but the proper processing techniques did not. The Lindy Way of Living 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z He reached a sweet spot with “The Shepherd’s Dog” in 2007, a mesmerizing blend of Appalachia, West Africa, dub reggae and the Grateful Dead. Music Review: Bells and Whistles Turn Up the Volume 2011-01-30T22:55:08Z Both were born in West Africa and grew up in the Atlanta area, though they didn’t meet until 2019 when they were introduced by mutual friends. Blacktag Has Big Plans 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The heart of the story is West Africa, where Ebola still rages. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard While bath salts originate primarily in Asia, bath salt precursor drugs are now being manufactured in Malaysia, West Africa, and Iran—places previously off the radar when it came to drug manufacture. The year in synthetic drugs 2012-12-26T17:48:00Z Ibrahim Kamara was sitting in a steamy hotel room in West Africa not long ago, reflecting on a fleeting visit to Gambia, a country he once called home. How Ibrahim Kamara Found His Place in Fashion 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Spirit of West Africa: Music and dance performances, art, film, exhibits, family activities, marketplace, noon-8 p.m. Free Comic Book Day Saturday and other weekend community events 2011-05-06T20:50:04Z West Africa’s out-of-control Ebola outbreak continues to show no sign of slowing. The dance song that could help stem the Ebola outbreak 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Only as I got older that I realized it was from West Africa. From gas masks to kente cloth, "Sherman's Showcase" Juneteenth special is well-timed and prescient 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Not that speaking perfect English should be a prerequisite to renting apartments, Ms. Walling said, but it’s a warning sign since many scammers are based in West Africa and Eastern Europe. Frugal Traveler: Burned! A London Vacation Rental Scam 2011-01-25T21:24:09Z The reason for this is because an outbreak of Ebola started in West Africa in March. What is Ebola and how do people catch it? Teranga’s menu will be packed with traditional ingredients from West Africa. Hospitality, Senegal’s Way, at Teranga in Harlem 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Spirit of West Africa: Music and dance performances from cultures of West Africa, fashion show, African marketplace, Senegalese cuisine, dance workshops, noon-8 p.m. For Mother’s Day, wildlife and flowers | Community Corner 2014-05-09T18:05:48Z In 2019, the Panthéon — a heavily freighted monument to France that was commissioned by Louis XV and finished during the Revolution — was stormed by hundreds of undocumented migrants, most from West Africa. ‘Paris, 13th District’ Review: Groping Toward Happiness 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z He lost to two white Southern chefs, which he found ironic: “Their story is rooted in West Africa, too,” he said, “just in a different way.” A Chef Tells the Story of the Slave Trade Through Dinner 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In West Africa, which grows 60 to 70 percent of the world’s beans, many cacao farmers live below the poverty line, making less than $1.90 a day. Everything You Need to Know About Chocolate 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z I’m told that a lot of the Africans who went to North America came from West Africa, from our part of the world. Tinariwen?s ?Tassili?: Desert Blues, Recorded On-Site 2011-08-31T16:18:25Z This was equally true in the United States, she said, where several states have implemented mandatory 21-day quarantine periods for healthcare workers returning from West Africa after four cases were diagnosed on U.S. soil. Defying stigma, survivors join the Ebola fight in West Africa 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The Brazilian dishes Ms. Sokoh discussed arrived in West Africa with formerly enslaved people from Brazil who settled in Lagos in the 19th century. A Stew That Captures the Essence of the Sea 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z With one hand, she scrolls through a news alert about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa on her phone; with the other, she gestures around the car. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle Born in Paris in 1948 but raised in West Africa, Denis succeeds partly because she almost doesn't need language to establish themes and characters. 'White Material': A gripping and gorgeous tale of colonial Africa 2010-12-09T20:41:00Z Denis, born in Paris but raised in West Africa by civil servant parents, is an auteur’s auteur, uncompromising in her vision and singular in aesthetic styling. Claire Denis Talks to Barry Jenkins About Director Anxiety and Expectations 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The PBS series “Frontline” pours a double shot of dismal on Tuesday in a program that examines the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and atrocities in Nigeria related to the hunt for Boko Haram. ‘Frontline’: ‘Ebola Outbreak’ and ‘Hunting Boko Haram’ 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Its final moment offers a note of prophetic dissent: As two percussionists symbolically ring 19 tubular bells, a third plays a rhythmic pattern based on a clave from West Africa. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z He taught us a celebratory dance called koukou, which is practiced in various forms throughout West Africa. Urban Athlete: West African Dance Classes at Ailey Extension 2012-04-05T23:42:19Z The couple met in June 2011 while they were both serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Marlow Svatek, Tarek Wiley 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z And the pieces exist to tell their story over the centuries, from the griots and warriors of West Africa to the four girls murdered in the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. House Proud: Joe Minter’s African Village in America 2013-04-24T22:17:36Z They took that alchemy through West Africa as participants in the State Department’s American Music Abroad diplomacy program and last released the album “Africa Suite.” Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 8-14 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z A 2015 Oxford University study found the majority of African Americans and modern-day Yoruba people in West Africa have a similar ancestry, confirming that the region was a major source of African slaves . The story behind the design of the African American history museum 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “But with high quality supportive care, the great majority of people in West Africa will survive Ebola,” concludes Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health. 'Hunger Games' Stars Unite to Fight Ebola 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Set in post-9/11 West Africa, this high-suspense tale offers a more convincing portrait of amoral intelligence agents and the havoc they wreak than almost any journalistic account of Third World skullduggery. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 You could grow it in a garden patch, as did many of the slaves who had been taken from the rice-growing regions of West Africa. Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z "The Dead," a zombie movie directed by two British brothers, Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, was shot in West Africa and uses local people as walking-dead extras. 'The Dead': long plod through zombified Africa 2011-10-20T20:10:05Z Despite the subtle differences among swallows in West Africa and beyond, eating this dish leads the way to the very heart of a culinary experience. A Practical Guide to Swallows, the Heart of Many Cuisines 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z In teaching younger cooks about recipes like fungi, he hopes to illustrate how many Caribbean dishes are linked directly to West Africa. In the Virgin Islands, Fungi Tells a Story 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Like Mouctar, most of the kitchen porters in London appear to be from West Africa. Wash, clean, scrub: Can Jay Rayner hack life as a kitchen porter? 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z At age 19, he was kidnapped from his village in West Africa and sold to European slavers. Review | Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, ‘Barracoon,’ finally sees the light of day 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Too often, restaurants in West Africa cater to an upscale clientele by recreating American or European favorites — and offering the same single dish or two that hints at their own region’s specialties. A Rare Gem of a Restaurant in Lagos 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z My parents were born in West Africa, grew up through the period of the end of colonialism. Bringing Africa to the World 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z In partnership with the Gallery of Costume in Rusholme, Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth are collaborating on the theme of 'We Face Forward', a season of art and music from West Africa. Verve and excitement of West African arts comes to Manchester 2012-06-07T06:00:00Z Folk magic out of West Africa, not unlike Haiti’s voodoo and Cuba’s Santeria, feeds the Jamaican belief in superstition, witches and ghosts. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z A medical anthropologist blends history and reportage to examine the factors that led to the 2014 Ebola crisis in West Africa. New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A new "Frontline" follows health officials as they try to combat the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa. TV This Week Sept. 7 - 13: 'Boardwalk Empire' on HBO 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z With a rich alto and a vivacious presence onstage, this Malian singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress has become one of West Africa’s most exciting young musical exponents. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z At the gallery, she discussed making art in the deserts of Chile, in Paris, and in North and West Africa. A Painter and Social Activist With an ‘Unruly Nature’ 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z While much of the world was shut up at home, many people in West Africa were working or going to school as normal. How Working From Home Changed Wardrobes Around the World 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Some grave markers incorporate favorite objects of the deceased, a practice in parts of West Africa. Georgia’s Sea Islands: A destination worth the paddle 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The author, most recently, of the novel “An Orchestra of Minorities” is “hardly turned off by considerations of genre. … I have found even manuals — of how to hunt wild birds in West Africa — fascinating.” Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z This was nearly two years ago, when I was 17, in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, where I grew up and was in my second year in the university. When My Heart Broke, My Father Used Google to Save Me 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Her father, Maudo Sey, is a musician, and she spent some early years in his country, Gambia in West Africa, before returning to Sweden and studying music. Seinabo Sey Unfurls Soul-Pop Vocals at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Another American missionary, Dr Rick Sacra, was also transported to the United States from West Africa after becoming infected with Ebola in Liberia. Fourth Ebola patient arrives in the US for treatment in Atlanta 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The New York Times staff was recognized in the international category for its Ebola stories and for the feature photography of a freelancer, Daniel Berehulak, who documented the epidemic in West Africa. Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig wins Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Secret Service lapses 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The European Union said that it would look into whether screening at points of origin in West Africa is sufficient, Reuters reported, and that if not, it would strengthen that process. New Ebola Screening Measures 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z He will be sitting in a chair in a studio in West Africa, and his live image will be broadcast to New York City and wrapped onto a large three-dimensional cast of his body. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z More broadly, we found that the origin of the dish is linked to a particular period in history — the entrenchment of colonial rule in West Africa. Who invented jollof rice? Senegal beats Ghana and Nigeria to the title 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z His career developed with the expansion of print journalism in West Africa. The Man Who Pictured Ghana’s Rise at Home and Abroad 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Wheatley was a young child when she arrived in the United States from West Africa and was sold to a Boston family. 14 Books Coming in March 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z I am super-excited by what I believe will be the most inspiring retail building in Nigeria — maybe even in West Africa. My Lagos: Duro Olowu's Home Town 2012-11-14T11:30:18Z Where, when, why: In December, I traveled to Benin for two weeks to study Vodun, the ancient animistic religion of West Africa that is the source of voodoo practiced in Haiti and Louisiana. In Benin, up close with a serpent deity, a Temple of Pythons and Vodun priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z A strength of “Timbuktu” is how well it captures the tug of war that people in West Africa and elsewhere feel between the forces of secularism and religious fundamentalism. A Movie That Dares to Humanize Jihadists 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In a clip on The Surfer’s Journal’s Web site, for instance, the South African pro Michael February surfs solo at a remote point break in West Africa. Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But when Besser, himself an epidemiologist, reached out to the CDC in the spring, he was told that the agency intended to send only data specialists to West Africa to set up a case-monitoring system. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? “It shows that Ebola can be contained, but we must be clear that we have only won a battle, the war will only end when West Africa is also declared free of Ebola.” How Nigeria successfully curbed its Ebola outbreak 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z It turned out not to be indigenous African glaberrima, but more likely a Japonica rice that made its way from Southeast Asia to West Africa between the 16th and 18th centuries. Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z He also edited the book “Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway.” In Prospect New Orleans, a Curator Guides 73 Artists Toward Higher Ground 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z She first came to West Africa in the 1970s, when she was a student at Northwestern University and returned for good after practicing law for 20 years. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Tourism across the continent has been up in recent years, Ebola is waning in West Africa, and some former hot spots are enjoying a period of stability. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z In a year, the country was home to nearly a third of the more than 11,300 people fatally infected across West Africa. After the Ebola outbreak, the world moved on. One family didn’t. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z His favourite would be pounded yam with egusi soup, a savoury soup with meat and spinach which exists in countless variants across West Africa. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z Only a few cooks or writers outside the South were giving serious thought to the connection between Southern food and that of West Africa. A Game Plan for Eating Well in Atlanta 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z There, young girls called Kayayei from the Hausa ethnic group in the northern parts of West Africa wait to be hired. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z And there is one large-scale mechanism for artists in West Africa to show their work: the broad, typically biennial surveys of new art. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z Ebola has infected almost 10,000 people in West Africa since March, killing around half its victims. Gay community under attack in Liberia over Ebola outbreak 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But that’s hardly the most interesting question raised by this thoughtful new novel, which moves across the years and oceans — from London and New York to West Africa. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, lions in unfenced reserves in West Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia have shown a sixty-two-per-cent decline in twenty-one years. What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Caravans of Gold is the first major exhibition addressing the scope of Saharan trade and the shared history of West Africa, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe from the eighth to 16th centuries. Raising the Cultural Bar on Campuses 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Later, he went backward to go forward, bending his own compound language toward sacred or ancient musical traditions in Cuba and Brazil, West Africa and India. Steve Coleman Plays His Sax at the Stone 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The beach in Ribeira da Barca, a village in the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of West Africa, used to be a vast stretch of black, volcanic sand. Big picture: Sandgrains, by Francesca Tosarelli 2012-05-19T21:59:01Z Money raised by the song will help fund relief efforts to fight the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa. Band Aid 30 to premiere on X Factor 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z HBO airs three short documentaries about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. TV highlights: ‘The Bachelor’ finale on ABC 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Working in West Africa can present significant challenges. Pritzker Prize goes to architect from West Africa 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z As the band became more popular, it toured around the country by minibus, and occasionally travelled to other parts of West Africa: Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana. When Burkina Faso Vibrated with a New Culture 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Evora is from Cape Verde, a group of islands off West Africa, and sang that country's traditional music. Cape Verde singer Cesaria Evora ends career at 70 2011-09-23T11:46:09Z Ebola was so lethal in upper West Africa not because the virus itself conveyed an inevitable death sentence, but because countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone lacked these health care essentials. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The song will raise money to help combat Ebola in West Africa, and the artists spoke to BBC News outside the recording studio. Band Aid 30: In pictures and quotes 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Journalists acknowledge that other stories took a higher priority than the developing catastrophe in West Africa. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? Suddenly, outlets that had shown little interest in Ebola before — from “Good Morning America” to local TV stations — were reporting about Brantly and Writebol and the scourge sweeping West Africa. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? In addition to her label’s e-commerce “superstore,” she plans to create a digital supermarket stocking items sourced from throughout West Africa. Super Yaya’s Rym Beydoun Sees the Future of Fashion 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But the focal point of the labels’ interest is clearly Mali, a landlocked nation in sub-Saharan West Africa with a population of only 14.5 million, less than one-10th that of Nigeria. Music: Indie Rock Embraces an African Invasion 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z An unreleased song, “Hounds of Bairro,” hinted at West Africa and the Caribbean. Review: Animal Collective, in Joyful Pursuit of Sensory Overload 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It says 60% of the world's cocoa comes from 2.5 million farms in West Africa that are placed under the kind of pricing pressure that leads to child labor and modern slavery. Keep this scorecard in mind when buying Easter chocolates — and all year round 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z She attended Junior High School 62, just a few blocks from Sacred Vibes Apothecary, a destination for herbal remedies based on traditions from the Caribbean, West Africa and India that she opened in 2009. How Covid Helped a Neighborhood Rediscover Its Restaurants 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z One episode focuses on the Gullah Geechee community of the coastal Carolinas, whose enslaved ancestors from West Africa cultivated the rice fields of the South, and whose forced labor built the region’s economy. Padma Lakshmi Finds a New Voice, Amplifying the Voices of Others 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Owens-Hart would return to West Africa frequently, and keeps close ties to its traditional ceramicists to this day. A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Looking beyond his own family’s achievements, he observes that musicians “are the memory of West Africa.” Retrospective captures sensibilities of heralded Thai director He is now twenty-seven and living in West Africa. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He said Chinese firms operating in West Africa and elsewhere in the developing world are generally more likely to contribute to relief for natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods. Ebola crisis highlights China's philanthropic shortfall 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She conveys the grinding despair of an aid worker’s tour in West Africa just as effectively as she builds an entire chapter around a single afternoon at a desk in rural Ireland. Anne Enright draws a rich, Irish family saga in ‘The Green Road’ 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z A trip to West Africa with a repertory group early in her career ended with her getting malaria. Taking Her Art Seriously, Not Herself 2011-02-14T20:07:15Z He was a supporter of South Africa's African National Congress and later established a trading company in West Africa and built a school for girls in Ghana in honor of his mother. Dick Griffey, SOLAR Records founder, dies at 71 2010-09-29T21:59:00Z West Africa is still where the majority of yams are grown. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Sweet potato or yam? 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Found across West Africa, and especially in Benin, Senegal and Togo, this chunky blend of fresh tomatoes, red onion, chile and lime juice is great in hot and humid weather. 20 Simple Sauces That Will Transform Any Meal 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “The Laughing Monsters” appears to be set in the near present: Though there is no mention of Ebola in West Africa, we’re told that Susan Rice is the national security adviser. Denis Johnson’s New Novel, ‘The Laughing Monsters’ 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z This year’s show, “Turn’t Up Tour,” closing this weekend, also presents performances from around the world, including a balancing act from Vietnam; teeterboard acrobatics from West Africa; and high-wire artists from Colombia. Spare Times for Children for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:27:06Z Dawn of Midi descends from a lot of sources — classical minimalism, early-1970s German progressive rock, minimal techno, rhythmic traditions of West Africa and the Antilles — but it’s not wholly indebted to any of them. Music Review: Dawn of Midi Plays New Songs at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-09-04T21:30:43Z SAT Christmas fundraising dinner to benefit secondary education for needy students in Ghana, West Africa, 7 p.m. Community calendar 2011-12-22T00:25:10Z Yet who thinks that everyone across West Africa dances alike? In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z Mr. Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist, is widely recognized for his sculptures and installations that incorporate kaleidoscopic batik-print textiles — copies of traditional Indonesian fabrics produced by the Dutch and marketed in West Africa. New Triennial Offers Artists the Canvas of Cleveland 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z And it spiked again Sept. 23 when the CDC projected as many as 1.4 million infections in West Africa by January. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? On June 3, the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders issued a news release with a stark headline: “Resurgence of Epidemic Ebola in West Africa.” If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? My college thesis was about independence movements in French West Africa. The Legacy of a Falling Spider 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z That’s because, he explains, “all the ways that Ebola is spreading in West Africa are not relevant to the U.S.” A quarter of Americans think Ebola is coming to get them 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z A clever structure keeps this long novel from wheezing — it alternates its short chapters between Aimee’s escapades in West Africa building a girls’ school and the narrator’s past. Zadie Smith's 'Swing Time' is a tour-de-force 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The city served as an entry point for at least 100,000 slaves taken from West Africa and forced into slavery in the U.S. A Virginia school named after a Confederate general will be renamed Barack Obama Elementary School 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The self-taught musician is an expert on American blues as well as in the roots music from West Africa, the Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands and Latin America. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, Nov. 16-22: Taj Mahal Quintet, ‘Thankful Dead’ and more 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z For his 1980 book, “The Roots of the Blues: An African Search,” Mr. Charters traveled through West Africa to study the African origins of the blues. Samuel Charters, influential blues historian and record producer, dies 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z So, in the installation, once every hour, when Mohammed takes a break in West Africa, the statue will shift to playback, and it will speak. Bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z In late August, Staten Island is on the docket, with the foods of Albania, Guatemala, Mexico, Sri Lanka and West Africa waiting to be sampled. A Culinary Walking Tour of Staten Island 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z It was no mystery, within the black community, why many African-Americans have lighter complexions than are typically found in West Africa. Fact, fiction and tangled “Roots”: How a family history that wasn’t entirely true broke through America’s biggest lies 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z She joined The Times’s foreign desk and flew her husband and children away to live in West Africa. What Happened When a Times Reporter Traded Brooklyn for Dakar 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Key was a slave owner and a key member of The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, which advocated sending free blacks to Liberia in West Africa. 'Star-Spangled Banner' author may have been tone deaf: book 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The film, sponsored by Soros Foundation's Open Society Justice Initiative for West Africa, focuses on the protests around Jonathan's decision to remove subsidies on gasoline in January 2012. Nigeria censors documentary in growing crackdown 2013-04-21T11:53:55Z That is travel in West Africa, though — the risk factor can never be completely eliminated. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Ancestral to this tradition is the use of fabric strips, which men would weave on portable looms as early as the 11th century in West Africa, Wahlman said. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z "The finger-picking style the world came to use began in West Africa," he said. Taj Mahal, still rocking, "feels" the blues 2012-07-12T10:53:43Z Molokhia is a dark green leaf, a bit like spinach, that’s hugely popular throughout the Levant and in parts of North and West Africa. Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes to mark the #CookForSyria campaign 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z There’s a hint of West Africa in the way her voice hops from its husky, assertive contralto to the occasional high flourish. Seinabo Sey Unfurls Soul-Pop Vocals at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z In the Islamic Gnawa musical tradition of West Africa, orbital and trancelike sounds spring from voices, metal percussion instruments and a stringed bass known as the gimbri. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “Basically a bunch of African musicians would jam together every Saturday night at St. Nick’s, many of whom were from Mali and West Africa,” she said. Rachel Brown’s Uncanny Voice 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Here in the heart of the multibillion-dollar industry of products in West Africa that are meant to whiten skin, it is a world of mixed messages. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Sings the line: 'Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa' Band Aid 30 line-up: A who's who 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z It promises to recruit Thai rice experts to help West Africa cut its rice imports while simultaneously supplying the Saudis. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z “The story is the crisis in West Africa. That is what is most important. The world is coming to this fight late.” American Ebola sufferer 'slightly improved' but still very sick, says wife 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Kiran Rajagopalan not only performed his recital in female dress but also, in his second number, combined Indian style with Yoruba elements from West Africa. Indian Dance: Motion in Stillness, Stillness in Motion 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The Desmonds originally journeyed to West Africa country in 2015 to tend to primates retired from medical research who live on a series islands. "Baby Chimp Rescue" is just as adorable as you expect, and surprisingly emotional as well 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Hollande suggested that the African Union and the body representing nations in West Africa, known as ECOWAS, refer the issue of Mali to the United Nations Security Council. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z These days Kéré mostly divides his time between West Africa and Berlin, where his offices are headquartered. Homegrown Hero 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z As a child he heard stories from his father of a distant ancestor who grew up among a cattle-herding tribe in West Africa in the 1700s. On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The story takes place among the nomadic Tuareg tribes of West Africa, a uranium-rich area targeted by both energy companies and terrorist states. Bond writers take on international action thriller 2010-08-18T01:55:00Z And those for me are the main attractions of the Bijagós, an archipelago of 88 islands, some uninhabited, at least two hours by sea from one of West Africa’s most charming and insignificant countries, Guinea-Bissau. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The museum also has a display dedicated to the Middle Passage, the trans-Atlantic crossing from West Africa to the United States during which captive Africans were chained together in the holds of slave ships. At Ontario Underground Railroad Sites, Farming and Liberty 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The appearance of Campbell and Farrow brought intense media interest to a case mired in tales of murders, atrocities and cannibalism in West Africa. Ex-agent: Naomi Campbell knew gift was diamonds 2010-08-10T14:02:00Z So it was often cheaper to replace enslaved workers with a fresh shipment from West Africa than to invest in keeping them alive. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “Moonlight” may be about a young man coming of age amid poverty, drug addiction and homophobia in contemporary Miami, but its narrative roots extend all the way to Hong Kong, West Africa and Paris. Amid the confusion of ‘Moonlight’s’ big win is a monumental moment for the Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z I’m a dark-skinned black woman, born in Ghana, West Africa, but raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shades of Black: how readers responded to our series on the colorism taboo 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z A man recently returned from West Africa and displaying Ebola-like symptoms — “a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms” — is being tested for the disease, a New York City hospital said. A New York City hospital is treating a potential Ebola patient 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Her works here — mostly realistic pencil drawings, but with some collage — include scenes from World War II-era Europe, as well as the war in Syria and West Africa’s Ebola outbreak. In the galleries: Anything but simplicity in these drawings 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Her research took her to Mali, West Africa, where she attempted to explain the western eroticization of breasts. Not every culture eroticizes breasts. Why does ours — especially large ones? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Alma lives with her family in a secluded valley in West Africa. Swashbuckling Nautical Adventure Meets the 18th-Century Slave Trade 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z He toured with Ms. Krauss, then with his own American group, Band of Joy, and with the Sensational Space Shifters, who include British musicians and a griot from Gambia in West Africa. Robert Plant Releases ‘lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Here are the art books I’ve spent the most time with this year, with art from Mexico to Russia, West Africa to East Asia — plus, if you’ll indulge me, one novel. The Best Art Books of 2017 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z In March, a group of lawmakers wrote an open letter to the president at the time, François Hollande, requesting the return of artifacts taken from Benin during French colonial rule in West Africa. Emmanuel Macron Says Return of African Artifacts Is a Top Priority 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to spread, so too does public panic. Yes, Ebola can be sexually transmitted 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The Zika virus is spreading through the Americas not long after chikungunya infected thousands of American travelers there and Ebola ravaged West Africa. An Informed Traveler Is a Safer Traveler 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Ogbuagu is a board game designer, publisher and organizer of the first board game convention in West Africa. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Art from the Republic of Cameroon in West Africa, for example, presented problems. Art Review: Glimpsing Africa Anew in Its Art 2011-06-23T21:58:34Z Don’t judge; I’m the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times and travel a lot, which means I sometimes let my guard down when I get tired. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Abstract sculptures by David Brooks are named, in part, for real creatures — the South China tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa — now on the very brink of extinction. ‘The Fifth Season’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Previous to that, I was with NASA, where I negotiated international science agreements and the United States Peace Corps, where I taught physics and chemistry classes in West Africa. Why Grand Plans to Fix Fannie and Freddie's Foreclosure Mess Could Misfire 2011-08-31T14:27:01Z Correspondents in Cairo are typically charged with covering the whole of the Arab world, from West Africa to Iraq. Review: Judith Miller’s ‘The Story: A Reporter’s Journey’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Dr Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Sunday that the condition of the American doctor who contracted Ebola in West Africa seemed to have improved. Condition of Ebola-infected US doctor has improved, says hospital 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Because this cuisine, which combines the food traditions of West Africa, Western Europe and the Americas, has long been the foundation for home cooking in the White House. From pig’s feet to corn bread, a history of soul food in the White House 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “Ebola in West Africa: Epidemic requires massive deployment of resources,” read the headline. If news media had covered Ebola sooner, could latest outbreak have been contained? At least 15 officers who benefited from such assistance have been involved in 12 coups in West Africa and the greater Sahel during the war on terror. Pentagon proclaims failure in its war on terror in Africa after 75,000% increase in terror attacks 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Under Nigeria's federal system, governors control huge budgets - larger than those of some countries in West Africa. Imo state won by Nigeria's APC, election results expected in Bayelsa and Kogi 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Boafo's the shooting star of a remarkable constellation of talent from West Africa. Amoako Boafo - the Ghanaian artist who has exhibited in space 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z And he said that climate change was causing terrorism in parts of the world, specifically mentioning the effects of global warming in lower water levels at Lake Chad in West Africa. Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza's women and babies 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Hundreds of electric green parakeets, more commonly associated with the tropics of West Africa or India than gray, rainy Brussels, flock to a tree beside a pond. How Tropical Birds Took Over This European Capital, Bringing a ‘Splash of Color’ 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The former colonial power regarded West Africa and the Sahel as a "space of natural deployment and influence", he says. Why does France have military bases in Africa? 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The operation offered a rare insight into the complexity of curbing migration from West Africa to Europe, where African governments are under increased pressure to secure borders - and into the determination of people to leave. Migrants say 'Spain or death' as Senegalese navy tackles sea crossings 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Authorities have denied approval for air support for convoys travelling over some of the most volatile terrain in West Africa. UN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Belgium is set to shut the door on rising exports of low-quality gasoline and diesel to West Africa as it follows the Netherlands in tightening environmental rules, officials have told Reuters. HF Sinclair tops Q3 profit estimates on steady refined product demand 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z West Africa is grappling with an insurgency that took root in Mali in 2012 and has since spread across the Sahel region south of the Sahara, killing thousands and displacing over six million. Germany's Scholz says his country, EU to help boost West Africa security 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet with the rise of Islamist militancy in West Africa, France took up a request to send in more troops. Why does France have military bases in Africa? 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Grande-Marlaska is in Senegal where he met his Senegalese counterpart, Sidiki Kaba, as the number of would-be migrants from West Africa, especially Senegal, to reach Spain's Canary Islands this year is near a record high. Spain offers drones, reinforcement to help Senegal tackle migration crisis 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Adam Nossiter has been bureau chief in Kabul, Paris, West Africa and New Orleans, and is now an editor on the Metro desk. Joe Hill, Swashbuckling South Street Seaport Merchant, Dies at 76 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Niger is West Africa’s second largest country in landmass but it is landlocked, leaving it heavily reliant on trade with neighbors that now has paused. Many in Niger are suffering under coup-related sanctions. Junta backers call it a worthy sacrifice 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Niger's coup was one of five that have swept West Africa's central Sahel region in three years, leaving a vast band of arid terrain south of the Sahara Desert under the control of military rulers. Niger's ousted president Bazoum attempts escape, junta captors claim 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet there are no plaques or requests in the museum on the provenance of art stolen from Benin, a country in West Africa. How Teju Cole's new novel literally reframes the Black experience 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z According the European Union's border agency Frontex, political instability in Senegal was also acting as a "push factor" driving people to leave the country via the West Africa route. Over 8,500 migrants reach Spain's Canary Islands in two weeks -ministry data 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z "Our position is rather strategic because we are in the heart of West Africa and we have an energy deficit in the sub-region." Russia to build nuclear plant to meet Burkina Faso's energy needs 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Soldiers from the presidential guard detained Bazoum on July 26 and have set up a transitional government, one of a series of recent coups in West Africa's Sahel region. Blinken reiterates US support for Niger civilian govt in call with ousted leader 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z One of the iconic dishes of West Africa, jollof rice is vibrantly colored and heavily spiced. Finding delicious common ground in the jollof rice ‘wars’ 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The demonstrations are the latest show of frustration with rising living costs, joblessness and hardship in one of West Africa's largest economies. Ghana protesters demand central bank governor resign 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z West Africa's regional bloc and Western powers have called on Niger to rapidly restore constitutional rule. Niger says 29 soldiers killed in attack, rejects Algerian mediation 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Niger is just one of France's former colonies in West Africa where there has been growing anti-French sentiment both among the population and the authorities, especially in countries where military rulers have seized power. French ambassador to Niger leaves as relations nosedive after coup 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Politicians in Mali criticized the decision, which could draw economic sanctions from West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS. Mali’s military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Rosa and Tonelli found that Southern Africa, Central-East Africa, West Africa, South America, Canada, and Australia have land and water availability that could make them potential leaders in exporting hydrogen. Predicting the sustainability of a future hydrogen economy 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z French influence over its former colonies has waned in West Africa in recent years, just as popular vitriol has grown. France to pull troops out of Niger following coup 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Western lowland gorillas are a highly endangered species of great ape, found in West Africa's rainforests. Belfast Zoo: UK's oldest gorilla, Delilah, celebrates 60th birthday 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The Islamist insurgents operate across many areas of West Africa, from the Sahara Desert further south to the Sahel, especially in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Timbuktu siege: Two killed in Mali mortar attack 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z As the leader of West Africa’s regional bloc of ECOWAS, he is leading efforts of neighbors to reverse the coup in the region. Guinea’s leader defends coups in Africa and rebuffs the West, saying things must change 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tinubu assailed military coups, which have swept through West Africa in the past few years and are sometimes cheered by citizens. Nigeria's Tinubu tells UN he seeks to restore democratic order in Niger 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden said his administration has brought home citizens from Afghanistan, Burma, Haiti, Russia, Rwanda, Venezuela, West Africa and other nations. Biden says five American detainees are on their way home from Iran 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z France has maintained strong ties with its former colonies and has troops stationed across West Africa, but hostility towards its presence has soared since a string of military coups. Burkina Faso junta orders French embassy's defence attache to leave 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The bases are a critical part of America’s overall counterterrorism efforts in West Africa. Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In the book, Adanson is confronted with all the cultural riches of West Africa — riches that were generally devalued by his contemporaries. The National Book Awards' translated-lit longlist is here. Of course David Diop is on it 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “It started off in West Africa. That’s where it popped off first, the west side of Africa,” she said. MTV VMAs: From Taylor Swift and 'NSYNC to Olivia Rodrigo's set collapse, here are the takeaways 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z He did not directly address the allegation that France was deploying troops elsewhere in West Africa as part of a regional proposal to use force as a last resort to restore democracy. Niger junta accuses France of deploying troops for possible intervention 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z For example, the original graphic asks, “Recently in West Africa?” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z "They're coming in from West Africa, South and Central America, so it's not just assuming that Spanish is going to cover everybody. It doesn't come close." Thousands of migrant children test NYC schools system 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The organization has trained and fought alongside the militaries of pro-Russia governments in Eastern Europe, West Africa and South America. After death of Russia's Wagner chief, what happens to his mercenary army? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z In West Africa its forces have replaced the French in a number of countries. Is Wagner still a threat to global security? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Last year, the researchers expressed similar frustration in a study of erratic rainfall and hunger in West Africa’s Sahel region, citing “large uncertainties” in data. As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Most impacted is France, whose influence over its former colonies has waned in West Africa in recent years just as popular vitriol has grown. Huge protests in Niger call for French forces to leave after coup 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Gabon’s coup is the eight military takeover in Central and West Africa in three years and comes roughly a month after Niger’s democratically elected president was ousted. Gabon’s opposition candidate alleges the ousted president’s family is behind a plot to retain power 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z "My fear has been confirmed in Gabon that copy cats will start doing the same thing until it is stopped," Tinubu, who chairs West Africa's main regional body ECOWAS, said on Thursday. African Union suspends Gabon's membership after military coup 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Gabon’s coup is the eighth military takeover in Central and West Africa in three years and comes roughly a month after Niger’s democratically elected president was ousted. Ousting of Gabon’s unpopular leader was a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers to seize power, analysts say 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z And before that, 2021 had brought two coups in West Africa. Gabon coup: Why military takeovers are all the rage 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Supplies have been tightening as crop problems in West Africa contribute to a large global deficit expected in the current 2022/23 crop season. Morning Bid: US jobs data and China bring cheer, for now 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Wagner's investments in fake news and trolling, encouraging deeper anti-Western sentiment in West Africa, have been more successful than its efforts to win elections in Madagascar, Mozambique or Zambia. Wagner in Africa: Precarious future after Prigozhin's reported death 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z In Mali, in West Africa, the government uses them to combat Islamic militant groups. What is Russia's Wagner group, and where are its fighters? 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Gabon’s coup and the overturning of a dynastic leader, such as Bongo, appeared to have struck a nerve across the continent that coups in more remote, volatile West Africa previously hadn’t. Ousting of Gabon’s unpopular leader was a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers to seize power, analysts say 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z For one thing, the immigrant from West Africa always wore a suit, even in the encampments. In Seattle, fentanyl’s tentacles reach all the way up to seniors 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Migrating to Europe from West Africa is a life-threatening pursuit, whether on trucks though the Sahara Desert or on boats across the Mediterranean Sea. Senegal village mourns scores lost on drifting migrant boat 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Niger had been one of a dwindling number of countries in West Africa’s Sahara and Sahel regions neither ruled by a military-backed government nor aligned with Russian mercenaries. US readying plans to evacuate drone bases if necessary under Niger’s new junta, commander says 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Rabobank says those cost pressures could continue into next year due to the El Nino weather event in West Africa and the lack of alternate producers who can ramp up output quickly. Chocolate makers' prospects sour as cocoa prices spike 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "The military and the civilian forces of West Africa are ready to answer to the call of duty," he told assembled chiefs of defence staff from member states. West African bloc says 'we are going into Niger' if all else fails 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Worsening youth unemployment, political unrest, violence by armed groups and climate change push migrants across West Africa to risk their lives on overcrowded boats. More than 60 Senegalese migrants feared dead on monthlong voyage to Spain 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Worsening youth unemployment, political unrest, violence by armed groups, and climate change push migrants across West Africa to risk their lives on overcrowded boats. More than 60 Senegalese migrants are dead or missing after monthlong voyage for Spain 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Hecker gave no details on what countries the U.S. was considering as an alternate West Africa counter-terror post, if Niger became unworkable. US readying plans to evacuate drone bases if necessary under Niger’s new junta, commander says 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The military takeover in Niger has upended years of Western counterterrorism efforts in West Africa. Thursday Briefing 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z More than 60 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Cape Verde in West Africa. More than 60 drown after migrant boat sinks off Cape Verde coast 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands, typically used by African migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the world's deadliest. Migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde, over 60 feared dead, Senegal ministry says 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The military takeover in Niger has upended years of Western counterterrorism efforts in West Africa and now poses wrenching new challenges for the Biden administration’s fight against Islamist militants on the continent. Coup in Niger Upends U.S. Terrorism Fight and Could Open a Door for Russia 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z His mother ran a language school that hosted immersion trips for the students, allowing her to take the family across West Africa and into France and the United Kingdom. Pan-Africanism, family and the Wu: The gospel of Burna Boy 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z In 2018, Carmody noticed huge seizures of trafficked animal parts hidden in shipping containers en route from West Africa to Asia. How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Cape Verde is around 600km off the coast of West Africa on a maritime migration route to the Spanish Canary Islands, often used as a gateway to the European Union. More than 60 drown after migrant boat sinks off Cape Verde coast 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Islamist group Boko Haram is also active in northern Nigeria alongside the Islamic State of West Africa, a regional affiliate of Islamic State. Air force helicopter crashes after attack in north-central Nigeria: sources 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Regional and global powers have called for his release including West Africa's main regional bloc, the United Nations, and United States. Factbox: What you need to know about Niger's ousted president 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Mercenaries of the Wagner Group have served as shock troops in Ukraine and are expanding their presence in West Africa. Poland detains 2 Russians for distributing Wagner Group propaganda 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Big Mac bought trafficked scales from Berete who was now on the run in West Africa. How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa's regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday after meeting the junta in Niamey. North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits military factories including missile plant -KCNA 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z If fighting does ensue, the most battle-experienced and best-equipped militaries in West Africa, either belong to Niger or are sympathetic to it, such as Mali and Burkina Faso. An activist tied to Niger’s junta says its leaders won’t hold talks until the region recognizes them 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Niger’s military coup and the plight of its ousted leader have drawn global attention - but not because that kind of turmoil is unusual for West Africa. Allies of Niger president overthrown by military are appealing to the US and others: Save his life 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Still, if fighting does ensue the most battle-experienced and best-equipped militaries in West Africa, either belong to Niger, or are sympathetic to it, such as Mali and Burkina Faso. Activist in Niger with ties to junta tells the AP region needs to ‘accept new regime’ or risk war 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Niger’s military coup and the plight of its ousted leader have drawn global attention — but not because that kind of turmoil is unusual for West Africa. Allies of Niger president overthrown by military are appealing to the US and others: Save his life 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z "They still say it's on the table, but I think it's up for negation," argues Marie-Roger Biloa, a West Africa analyst. Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z It was also expected to bring drier weather across West Africa, South-East Asia and northern South America, and wetter conditions to southern South America in the second half of the year. U.S. forecaster sees 95% chance of El Nino prevailing through winter 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z West Africa’s regional bloc has failed to stem past coups throughout the region. West African leaders plan to meet on Niger but options are few as a military junta defies mediation 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Any escalation would further destabilise West Africa's Sahel region, one of the world' poorest, where a long-running Islamist insurgency has displaced millions and stoked a hunger crisis. West African leaders aim to agree next steps on defiant Niger junta 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Americans have a 1,100-strong security presence and have built bases in Niger’s capital and far north into its main outposts to counter West Africa’s armed jihadist groups. Allies of Niger president overthrown by military are appealing to the US and others: Save his life 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The junta’s leaders named a new prime minister Monday, in what analysts described as an attempt to show that they’re serious about governing the West Africa country. Niger’s military junta digs in with Cabinet appointments and rejects talks 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The belief, blending the Yoruba religion of West Africa and Catholicism, is popular in Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean. Ex-Raiders cornerback Arnette says he wants to play in the NFL again after plea in Vegas gun case 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z All eyes are now on Mr Tinubu who has been the most vocal in condemning coups in West Africa, and said last month that Ecowas cannot be made up of "toothless bulldogs". Nigeria's President Tinubu faces backlash over military intervention in Niger 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Niger's junta has defied a Sunday deadline from West Africa's regional bloc to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum or face a possible military intervention. 'Nature fights back': Slovenia's worst floods kill six 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Niger is a significant uranium producer - a fuel that is vital for nuclear power - and under Mr Bazoum was a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa's Sahel region. Niger coup: Junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z “The situation was really improving,” said Mr. Diaw, vice president for West Africa at the International Rescue Committee, an aid organization, adding, “All these gains are now being threatened by this situation.” War, Mediation or Silence? Coup Leaders in Niger Face Decision Time 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z Is France to blame for coups in West Africa? Niger coup: Ecowas deadline sparks anxiety in northern Nigeria 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The latest military takeover amid a resurgence of coups in West Africa has been particularly concerning for the West, which saw Niger as its last remaining strategic partner in its counterterrorism fight in the Sahel. Niger’s junta isn’t backing down, and a regional force prepares to intervene. Here’s what to expect 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Bernard said the recent developments in the country would likely accelerate a long-anticipated move of American troops from there to countries on the coast of West Africa. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z It's a vast country in West Africa, and one of the poorest countries in the world. Niger coup: Junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The agency has made cuts across the world, from war-torn Yemen to West Africa, a region gripped by its worst hunger crisis in years. The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z France has between 1,000 and 1,500 troops in Niger, helping to fight an insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has destabilised West Africa's Sahel region. West African bloc seeks solution to Niger coup as deadline nears 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But the usual U.S. response of sanctions and isolation when military figures seize power in West Africa is riskier now given the avidity of the jihadists and Kremlin-allied forces. In Niger, US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Recent political upheavals in West Africa have so far not destabilized France’s trade on the continent. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The United Nations special envoy for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, said he hoped diplomacy would return Bazoum to power but worried about regional security if that failed. Exclusive: Niger coup leaders blamed insecurity; conflict data paints a different picture 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z At first, the coup in Niger resembled others that have roiled West Africa in recent years. ‘Not Another Coup as Usual’: What to Know About Niger’s Crisis 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z At a virtual United Nations meeting on Tuesday night, the U.N. special envoy for West Africa and the Sahel said that efforts other than the threat of force are underway to restore democracy in Niger. Foreign nationals evacuate Niger, as regional tensions rise 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z President Bola Tinubu, who is at the helm of regional superpower Nigeria, regards the coup across the border in Niger as a litmus test for democracy in West Africa. Niger coup: A litmus test for democracy in West Africa 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In the banking and the automobile sectors, French companies have lost their monopolies in West Africa. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z A series of recent legal actions against the opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has triggered some of the worst political violence in recent history in Senegal, a seaside nation in West Africa. New Round of Deadly Protests in Senegal as Opposition Leader is Detained 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z If the coup succeeds, “it could provide a large base, a sanctuary, to Wagner and the jihadists in the heart of West Africa,” Mr. Liman-Tinguiri, the diplomat, said. ‘Not Another Coup as Usual’: What to Know About Niger’s Crisis 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z It was also a brief holding point for those who had been kidnapped in different parts of West Africa before being shipped to the Caribbean to work in plantations to develop the sugar economy. First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana's coast 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The coup has prompted concern that Niger, a key Western ally in the fight against jihadist groups in West Africa, could pivot towards Russia. Niger coup: Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum meets Chad's leader 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z France’s perceived inability to stem jihadist insurgencies in West Africa has also added to public anger. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z About two weeks ago the Ecowas chairman, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, warned that terrorism and the emerging pattern of coups in West Africa had reached alarming levels and demanded urgent action. Niger coup leader warns regional and Western powers against military intervention 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z As the largest country in West Africa, it's a bellwether state in many ways. Niger military coup: What you need to know 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z It had counter-insurgency troops in West Africa for a decade but turned to Niger to base the bulk of its forces following coups in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Niger is a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in West Africa and a number of foreign troops are based there, including French and American. Niger coup general Tiani appears on TV as transitional council president 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Almost all of the gold used in Europe between 1000 A.D. and 1500 A.D. was mined at one of three regions in West Africa. Dear Ron DeSantis, slavery was not a job skills program 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The route from West Africa to Spain is one of the world’s most dangerous, yet the number of migrants leaving from Senegal has surged over the past year. Takeaways from AP’s report on bodies from migrant boats buried on the beach in Senegal 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The route from West Africa to Spain is one of the world’s most dangerous, yet the number of migrants leaving from Senegal on rickety wooden boats has surged over the past year. As more migrants go missing at sea, many say bodies end up on Senegal’s beaches in unmarked graves 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Harris and the Nigerian president committed to "defending democracy" in West Africa and the Sahel, according to the White House. US Vice President Harris condemns attempted takeover of power in Niger 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Paris has sought to make its military less visible in an effort to defuse tensions in West Africa amid the growing wave of resentment towards the former colonial power and its influence in the Sahel. Condemning 'power grab', France calls for restoration of Niger leader 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z He has also cracked down on human traffickers in what had been a key transit point between other countries in West Africa and those further north. Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Niger became a democratic outlier in West Africa's Sahel region following military takeovers in neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad since 2020. Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The area off the coast of West Africa is one of the world’s most dangerous places for attacks on ships. Sierra Leone and neighbors to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea after a Chinese ship was hijacked 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Observers say West Africa’s Sahel region has become one of the world’s deadliest regions for extremism. How the attempted coup in Niger could expand the reach of extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z This coup is yet further bad news for French and Western efforts to restore stability to the part of West Africa known as the Sahel. Niger coup: Captive President Bazoum defiant after takeover 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Even as West Africa's regional economic bloc Ecowas seeks to broker a peaceful solution, the stability of the region is more fragile than it has been for some time. Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z France, which has had counter-insurgency troops in West Africa for a decade, has turned to Niger to base the bulk of its forces. Explainer: How the military coup in Niger threatens stability in West Africa 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Niger’s military announced a coup after soldiers detained its president, Mohamed Bazoum, who is a key Western ally in volatile West Africa. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z West Africa recorded over 1,800 extremist attacks in the first six months of this year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths, a top regional official told the United Nations Security Council this week. How the attempted coup in Niger could expand the reach of extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr Bazoum is a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militancy in West Africa. Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z West Africa's main regional and economic bloc, ECOWAS, said it was concerned about an attempted coup d'etat and called on the plotters to free Bazoum. US urges release of Niger's president, expresses 'grave' concern over situation 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa that is home to roughly 25 million people and borders large nations such as Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Libya and Algeria. White House condemns Niger guards’ seizure of president 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the council “the United States remains gravely concerned by democratic backsliding across the region” and is “deeply concerned by the spread of instability in coastal West Africa.” West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z France's soldiers were ordered to leave last year and there has been rising resentment of the former colonial power and its present-day relationship with Mali, and West Africa more broadly. Assimi Goïta: President gets sweeping powers in new Mali constitution 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The medal could also be for a sustained response to a health crisis, such as the efforts to tackle Ebola in West Africa. New British Humanitarian Medal to honour UK disaster rescuers 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The Italian vessel is 12 stories high and was loaded with 1,200 cars as well as close to 160 containers bound for West Africa. What the living owe the dead: Finding accountability for the Port Newark fire 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z State Department accused the Wagner Group of committing atrocities in Mali in West Africa after it arrived there in late 2021 following a military coup. Post-mutiny, Wagner Group mercenaries still a threat in Africa, Middle East 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The ship had taken on used vehicles in Newark and was destined to do the same in Providence, Rhode Island before heading to West Africa, Rooney said. Fire that killed 2 on a cargo ship in New Jersey is out after nearly a week 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The ship had taken on used vehicles in Newark and was destined to do the same in Providence, Rhode Island, she said, before heading to West Africa. Fire that killed 2 on a cargo ship in New Jersey is out after nearly a week, officials say 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z It also said it had alerted boats sailing in Atlantic waters between the Canary Islands and West Africa to be on the lookout for other migrant boats still missing. Spain rescues 86 people near the Canary Island, but scores of migrants from Senegal remain missing 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Ships would arrive with goods produced through enslaved labour in the Caribbean such as sugar, rum and cocoa, and then go to West Africa to acquire captives to sell into slavery. How a flood led family to discover slavery link 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z She joined The Times in 2019 after three and a half years covering West Africa for The Guardian. Americans Tried to Save Elephants in Zambia. Were They the Good Guys? 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Such accidents are relatively frequent in Ivory Coast and elsewhere in West Africa, particularly in the rainy season, due to poor enforcement of building regulations and the use of often substandard construction materials. Seven killed in building collapse in Ivory Coast 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Across northern and central regions of Mali, a vast country that extends from tropical West Africa deep into the Sahara Desert, jihadist armed groups stage regular attacks. Boost for Wagner as Mali shuns UN troops, but at what cost? 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z But Sierra Leone finds itself in a more dire situation than five years ago, grappling with record levels of inflation and unemployment and some of the highest levels of food insecurity in West Africa. Sierra Leone’s President Re-Elected, Barely Avoiding a Runoff 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Mali has since become the epicentre of a violent movement that has spread across West Africa and forced millions to flee. U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali to end on June 30 - French draft resolution 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In West Africa's Sahel, for example, the United Nations has warned climate change risks unleashing decades of armed conflict and displacement. EU warns of rising climate-fuelled conflict, risks of geoengineering - draft 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Nearly 60% of Sierra Leone’s population of more than 7 million are facing poverty, with youth unemployment being one of the highest in West Africa. Sierra Leone’s president seeks another term as opponents complain about the economy and unemployment 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z For Russia's president their presence is a useful way of needling France and the US and bolstering the Russian footprint in West Africa. Boost for Wagner as Mali shuns UN troops, but at what cost? 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The government of Mali, in West Africa, is using the Wagner Group against Islamic militant groups. What is Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine? 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z There has been an uptick in violence compared to five years ago, according to the West Africa Network for Peace-building Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone election: Tense poll amid fears of violence 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Migration routes linking West Africa to Spain, which cross both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, have become among the most perilous in recent years. Dozens of Migrants Bound for Canary Islands Feared Dead as Boat Sinks 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The video was an example of a growing Russian influence campaign that amplifies criticisms of France and presents Moscow as an ally in Central and West Africa, two diplomats at France's foreign ministry said. France targets Russian and Wagner disinformation in Africa 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Tensions between farming and livestock herding communities have already added fuel to the violence in parts of central Mali, where the fertile inland delta of the River Niger should be West Africa's rice basket. Boost for Wagner as Mali shuns UN troops, but at what cost? 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The United States "will continue to work with our partners in West Africa to help them tackle the urgent security and governance challenges they face," Miller said. US urges 'orderly, responsible' drawdown of UN peacekeepers from Mali 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Nearly 60% of Sierra Leone’s population of more than seven million are facing poverty, with youth unemployment being one of the highest in West Africa. Sierra Leone gears up for presidential election amid economic crisis, looming protests 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Elian Peltier, our West Africa correspondent, spoke to grieving families and obtained evidence showing that several victims died of gunshot wounds, raising questions about the police’s use of force. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The media monitoring unit emerged last July, the same month that France withdrew thousands of troops from Mali, a former colony in West Africa. France targets Russian and Wagner disinformation in Africa 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The Dahomey, also called the Fon, in West Africa traditionally believed that women had three souls and men had four. A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Geography: The 2,600-mile-long Niger, the main river in West Africa, is a key regional trade route. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Senegal is often hailed as a model of stability in West Africa, but for years anger has been mounting against President Macky Sall and his government over widespread youth unemployment and perceptions of entrenched corruption. ‘The State Killed My Brother’: Senegal in Uproar After Deadly Protests 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The deaths raise awkward questions for allies such as the U.S., which arm Nigeria's military as part of ongoing efforts to quell Islamist insurgencies in West Africa. US urges Nigerian authorities to investigate air strike killing of herders 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z She has also covered the Middle East, West Africa and South Asia and is the author of the book, “The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young.” Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The unrest is the latest in a string of protests in Senegal, long considered one of West Africa's most stable democracies. Senegal's protest-hit capital left with looted shops and debris 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Senegal, a country of 17 million people, has long been hailed as a model of political pluralism in West Africa, a region known for coups and aging leaders clinging to power. Senegal’s Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Dakar’s central university, one of the best in West Africa, remains closed until further notice after rioters burned several buildings. ‘The State Killed My Brother’: Senegal in Uproar After Deadly Protests 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z But the carcasses also attract the critically endangered white-backed vultures, whose population has declined by more than 90% across West Africa in the past 40 years, largely due to poisoning. Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Senegal is seen as one of West Africa's strongest democracies, and it has a two-term limit for presidents. Senegal unrest flares again over opposition leader 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The attacks come at a time of heightened political tensions in Senegal, widely seen as one of West Africa' most stable democracies. Senegalese government websites hit with cyberattack 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z The United States and European countries, as well as China, hold Senegal as one of their most reliable partners in West Africa. Senegal’s Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z |
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