Welcome to my 169th weekly routes article! It includes eight mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between May 20 and26 (unless stated). Many dozens of routes worldwide ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s push to reduce dependence on foreign powers stands in sharp contrast with Alassane Ouattara’s liberal ...

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the ...

England were booed off after being well beaten by a vibrant Senegal in an international friendly at the City Ground. Captain ...

Senegal's display against England was the highlight of the international break, but Africa's other teams also produced ...

Senegal's fishing sector employs some 17% of the population, but illegal fishing poses a major threat. This report offers in-depth analysis and recommendations. Fishing is of key socio-economic ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Senegal on Wednesday, at the start of a west African tour ... President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on the second leg of her maiden Africa tour, aimed at ...

As security incidents occur sporadically on both sides of the Senegalese-Malian border, there is growing concern that the threat from violent extremist groups may be expanding to gold-rich ...

A failed crossing from Mauritania’s coast toward Spain’s Canary Islands in which 44 Pakistanis perished earlier this year has ...

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