The African Magazine provides first-hand information about U.S.-Africa relations in politics, economy, and relations between Africa and black America, and the black Diaspora,
BY JIBRIL TURE (With reporting by Ibrahim Diallo) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 1 May kicked off a three-nation tour of West Africa, with Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali as her … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The violence triggered in the central and northern regions of Benin by the controversial 28 April’s legislative election from which the opposition parties were all excluded spread … Read More
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BATANA 2018 was a year full of political developments in Togo, both on the domestic and the international fronts. On the domestic front, the legislative elections held on … Read More
BY LOU SIFA (Reporting by Daniel Assogba) With the Internet and social media restored Monday morning after being cut off during the legislative election held on Sunday in Benin, a real … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU (Reporting by Damien Assogba) It was the bad dream the vast majority of Beninese hoped would not come true, but it is happening: the legislative elections from … Read More
BY MARK M. SMITH Amidst the furor over former Vice President Biden’s handsy habits – and with examples of inappropriate touching by current and former U.S. presidents still lingering – it might be a … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Despite the tanks deployed on the streets of major cities across Benin, the leaders of the opposition parties that are barred from taking part in the 28 … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Since Patrice Talon became president of Benin on 6 April 2016, he has meticulously managed to undo, brick by brick, the democratic architecture of a West African … Read More
BY ANDREW EDWARD TCHIE Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on April 11 … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The crisis born out of the exclusion of the collective of the Beninese opposition parties from the legislative elections scheduled for 28 April just got worse after … Read More
