Who is afraid of Youssou Ndour? Senegal is. Africa’s megapop star’s TV signal restricted

African pop star Youssou Ndour launches TV station

Thousands of Senegalese protest in capital against power cuts, other woes

Thousands of Senegalese protest power cuts

Senegal flag raised at French base as Dakar prepares to retakes bases from former colonizer

Senegal retakes 1st military base from France

Equatorial Guinea president defends UNESCO prize in his name that critics call disgrace

Equatorial Guinea defends UN prize critics blast

Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert, white who helped South Africa chart way out of apartheid, dies

White SAfrican anti-apartheid activist dies

Nigerian authorities identify detained passenger from Delta flight, say he boarded in Senegal

Nigeria: Detained passenger didn’t come from here

US agents remove passenger added to ‘no-fly’ list en route to New York from Africa

US detains NY-bound passenger in Puerto Rico

Senegal president announces retaking of 3 French bases to mark 50th year of independence

Senegal’s president reclaims French military bases

Junta that seized power in West African nation of Niger names platoon commander as its leader

Niger junta names platoon commander as its leader

Junta that seized power in West African nation of Niger names squadron chief as its leader

Niger junta names squadron chief as its leader

Mutinous soldiers in Niger go on TV to confirm coup; president’s whereabouts unclear

Niger soldiers go on state TV to confirm coup

Study: Poor quality malaria-fighting drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance

Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears

Guinea’s No. 2 to travel to Morocco to check health of wounded junta leader, diplomat says

Guinea’s No. 2 to visit wounded leader in Morocco