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News Articles: West Africa

People cheer as ballot papers are counted at a polling station in Abuja at the end of election day in Nigeria

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Nigerian election: votes are counted after bitterly fought election

Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday in what many see as the most competitive election in decades. But voting in some parts of the country did not go as smoothly as planned.

February 26, 2023
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Diakine Sambou, queen of the sacred forest of Kaoupoto, on Feb. 23, 2021, in Mlomp, Senegal.

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  • World

Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa

In parts of West Africa, communities have designated biodiversity hotspots sacred and measure their value by the peace of mind they provide, rather than in dollars and cents.

February 05, 2023
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By:
  • Ricci Shryock
Dr. Benjamin Black in front of the Gondama Referral Center in Sierra Leone, where he worked during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016. The center treated children and women in urgent need of obstetric and gynecological care. As the outbreak exploded, the center decided to stop admitting pregnant women, a decision that still weighs on Black.

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  • Global Health

A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

October 29, 2022
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By:
  • Susan Brink
The general Nanisca, portrayed by Viola Davis, is the star of <em>The Woman King. </em>When a man objects to her influence, she retorts: "If the king respects me, it is because I have earned it."

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  • Opinion

Opinion: 'The Woman King' speaks loud and clear to this Nigerian feminist

The film about female warriors in 1800s West Africa is all too relevant, in 2022, writes Oyeronke Oyebanji: "The inequalities faced by the women in the movie reflect the struggles of women today."

September 25, 2022
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By:
  • Oyeronke Oyebanji
Beninese chef and cookbook author Valerie Vinakpon, center, is coming up with novel ways to present her country's fare, hoping to get people excited about Beninese cooking. Above, she talks to <em>High On The Hog</em> co-hosts Jessica B. Harris, left, and Stephen Satterfield, right, at her restaurant Saveurs du Benin.

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  • Food

'High On The Hog' Chefs Bring Bold New Flavors To Benin's Cuisine

We talk to two of the chefs featured on the hit Netflix show. They're reimagining traditional dishes — a boon for local diners and local farmers as well.

August 08, 2021
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By:
  • Tiffany Onyejiaka and
  • Malaka Gharib
Children of about 6,000 ethnic Fulanis who have been displaced by attacks gather in a makeshift camp in Youba, Burkina Faso, in April 2020. The West African nation continues to be racked by violence linked to Islamic extremists and local defense militias.

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  • Africa

Unknown Militants Attacked A Burkina Faso Village And Killed More Than 160 People

The assault is the latest in a part of West Africa known as the Sahel, which has seen years of instability brought on by political coups and Islamist assaults on security forces and civilians.

June 07, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There's A Drug To Treat It

Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.

October 20, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien

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