https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/02/multimedia/02senegal-1-qgfz/02senegal-1-qgfz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgSenegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, took the oath of office in Tuesday’s ceremony. Close behind him sat the popular opposition leader who had clinched the win.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/26/world/00Canada-Africa-promo/00Canada-Africa-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgHundreds of newcomers from Africa have filled a shortage of workers in Rouyn-Noranda, creating a new community in a remote mining town.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/27/multimedia/27senegal-add4-tgkp/27senegal-add4-tgkp-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpgHow did Bassirou Diomaye Faye, age 44, go from obscurity to a resounding win in Senegal’s presidential election? At the family homestead, one relative explained, “This family is not new to ruling.”
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/24/multimedia/24senegal-election-bcwh/24senegal-election-bcwh-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe top opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, is barred from running. So Sunday’s vote is widely seen as a choice between his handpicked candidate and the departing president’s designated successor.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/22/multimedia/22uganda-1-mthw/22uganda-1-mthw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgGen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has a reputation for provocative late-night tweets, has been working to position himself as heir apparent to his father, President Yoweri Museveni.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/18/multimedia/00africa-democracy-1-gqbz/00africa-democracy-1-gqbz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgA wave of military coups and presidents clinging to power are two sides of the same anti-democratic coin plaguing Francophone Africa, experts say.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/20/multimedia/south-sudan-bfql/south-sudan-bfql-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgClimate change already worsened floods and droughts in the young nation. Now, soaring temperatures are forecast for two weeks.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/20/multimedia/20uk-lords-1-pcqv/20uk-lords-1-pcqv-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/17/multimedia/17Niger-kgwl/17Niger-kgwl-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.
David Miliband is the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. Any political consultant will tell you that all politics is local. However, this year’s European election will test that proposition. Indeed, there’s plenty of local dissent against governing parties, but from Gaza to Ukraine and migration to food and energy prices, it’s a…
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