Monthly Archives: August 2016

Imagine you’re travelling on smooth highway, and then get tempted by a tiny, dusty turn-off into rugged terrain, where surprising beauty and treacherous vistas define the route. Guinea is that turn-off. This is a country blessed with amazing landscapes; from … Continue reading →

Why go? For a country that consistently elicits frowns from heads of state and news reporters, Guinea-Bissau will pull a smile from even the most world-weary traveller. The jokes here, like the music, are loud but tender. The bowls of … Continue reading →

The Gambia is a country in West Africa mostly surrounded by Senegal with a short strip of its coastline bordered with the Atlantic Ocean at its western end. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa. The Gambia is situated … Continue reading →

A new forum hopes to bring Africa’s scientific researchers together Mar 12th 2016 Economist Assand Gueye, a Senegalese-born postdoctoral researcher at America’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a student of systems. He studies the multiple networks of communications … Continue reading →

Senegal is bordered by the North African country of Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal further borders the country of The Gambia, a sovereign enclave occupying a narrow … Continue reading →

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Morocco and the remnants of Western Sahara in the north, … Continue reading →

A forgotten leader of a lost cause – Muhammad Abdelaziz has died, but his people’s grievances still fester Jun 4th 2016 Economist For forty years Muhammad Abdelaziz led his exiled people in the wilderness, promising to take them across the … Continue reading →

The pluses and minuses of monarchy – Morocco is doing well, but its king still needs to adapt Jun 11th 2016 Economist On the night of February 19th 2011, Abouamar Tafnout, an activist from Casablanca, suddenly grew nervous. He had … Continue reading →

Just a short hop by airline or ferry from Spain, it’s culturally a much further distance to travel. You will be swept away by the full technicolour, complete sensory overload of Africa and Islam. Tangier – that faded libertine on … Continue reading →

No sex please, we’re Middle Eastern Jan 2nd 2016 Economist It was a disquieting announcement. On November 25th Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi approved a committee tasked with “improving the morals and values” in his country. Efforts to reduce littering or … Continue reading →