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West African culture takes center stage at Dakar’s ECOFEST 2025
ECOFEST 2025 in Dakar, Senegal focuses on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa.
![Fatima Jobe, known as “Fatou,” poses in her Dakar shop on 14 November 2025. [Nicolas Remene/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764970091.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Migrant workers exploited, abused in Italy’s prized fine wine vineyards
Undocumented workers, who earn barely more than $50 a day, say they have suffered racism and inhumane conditions.
The Gambia votes to reverse landmark ban on female genital mutilation
Rights groups say proposed rollback of 2015 law will overturn women’s rights across the region as a whole.
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Is the Kenyan government doing enough to act against femicide?
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence?
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‘Conflict timber’: Gambian traffickers continue rosewood trade despite ban
Al Jazeera investigation finds connection between secessionist struggle in Senegal and timber traffickers in Gambia.
Ousman Sonko: Why the ex-Gambian leader is on the stand in Geneva
Sonko is the highest-ranking official under former dictator Yahya Jammeh, to stand trial for widespread rights abuses.
![Protest by realtives of victims of the regime of Yahya Jammeh, the former President of the Gambia [Screen grab/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Gambia-2.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?
The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.
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How much does Africa contribute to global carbon emissions?
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
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The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
As the world hurtles towards climate devastation, countries like The Gambia, Costa Rica and Morocco are showing a fix.
Swiss charge ex-Gambian minister with crimes against humanity
Sonko was interior minister from 2006 to 2016 when he fled to Sweden and on to Switzerland, where he applied for asylum.
![Switzerland, whose Supreme Court is pictured here, has brought charges of crimes against humanity, against a former Gambian minister. [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2012-05-15T120000Z_1315069752_GM1E85G02YG01_RTRMADP_3_SWITZERLAND-1681903421.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)