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Sahel Gold Fuels Conflicts, Human Rights Abuses
Gold production in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, reaching approximately 230 tons annually worth \$15 billion, is funding military governments' operations against insurgents, but also fueling human rights abuses and enriching extremist groups; the lack of international regulation allows conflict gol...
Sahel Gold Fuels Conflicts, Human Rights Abuses
Gold production in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, reaching approximately 230 tons annually worth \$15 billion, is funding military governments' operations against insurgents, but also fueling human rights abuses and enriching extremist groups; the lack of international regulation allows conflict gol...
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48% Bias Score
Sahel Gold Fuels Conflict Amidst Record Prices
Record-high gold prices in 2025 are fueling conflicts in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, where military juntas utilize gold revenues to fund counterinsurgency campaigns involving Russian mercenaries, leading to human rights abuses and little benefit to local populations; weak ethical standards and tr...
Sahel Gold Fuels Conflict Amidst Record Prices
Record-high gold prices in 2025 are fueling conflicts in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, where military juntas utilize gold revenues to fund counterinsurgency campaigns involving Russian mercenaries, leading to human rights abuses and little benefit to local populations; weak ethical standards and tr...
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52% Bias Score
Liberian Ex-Speaker Charged with Arson Over Parliament Fire
Liberia's ex-speaker, Jonathan Fonati Koffa, has been charged with arson for a December 2024 fire that destroyed the House of Representatives, following months of political infighting and a failed impeachment attempt; five other lawmakers were also detained.
Liberian Ex-Speaker Charged with Arson Over Parliament Fire
Liberia's ex-speaker, Jonathan Fonati Koffa, has been charged with arson for a December 2024 fire that destroyed the House of Representatives, following months of political infighting and a failed impeachment attempt; five other lawmakers were also detained.
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44% Bias Score
Cocoa Prices Soar 188%, Triggering Global Chocolate Price Increases
Soaring cocoa prices, up 188% in London in 2024 due to poor harvests, farmer migration to more profitable crops in major producing countries, and climate change, caused a 24.2% increase in Spanish chocolate prices and prompted manufacturers to downsize products or reformulate recipes.
Cocoa Prices Soar 188%, Triggering Global Chocolate Price Increases
Soaring cocoa prices, up 188% in London in 2024 due to poor harvests, farmer migration to more profitable crops in major producing countries, and climate change, caused a 24.2% increase in Spanish chocolate prices and prompted manufacturers to downsize products or reformulate recipes.
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40% Bias Score
\"Burkina Faso's Traore: Popular Anti-West Leader Amidst Worsening Crisis\"\
In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore's leadership, marked by anti-Western sentiment and worsening security resulting in over 7,200 deaths in the past year according to ACLED data and 2.1 million displaced people, resonates with some young Africans despite the country's deteriorating humanitarian ...
\"Burkina Faso's Traore: Popular Anti-West Leader Amidst Worsening Crisis\"\
In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore's leadership, marked by anti-Western sentiment and worsening security resulting in over 7,200 deaths in the past year according to ACLED data and 2.1 million displaced people, resonates with some young Africans despite the country's deteriorating humanitarian ...
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52% Bias Score
Burkina Faso Announces Mandatory Civic Immersion and Increased Resource Mobilization
The Burkina Faso government announced a mandatory civic immersion program for students passing national exams, alongside a projected increase in internally mobilized resources from 3,000 to 3,500 billion CFA francs between 2024 and 2026, focusing on digitalizing tax collection and land registration.
Burkina Faso Announces Mandatory Civic Immersion and Increased Resource Mobilization
The Burkina Faso government announced a mandatory civic immersion program for students passing national exams, alongside a projected increase in internally mobilized resources from 3,000 to 3,500 billion CFA francs between 2024 and 2026, focusing on digitalizing tax collection and land registration.
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52% Bias Score
Mansfield Business Owner Jailed for Laundering £1 Million from Romance Fraud
Ahmed Ali Suleman, the 63-year-old owner of Savanna Rags in Mansfield, was jailed for four years and three months on June 23rd for laundering over £1 million obtained from a West African romance fraud operation that targeted 77 victims, using his seemingly legitimate textile export business as a fro...
Mansfield Business Owner Jailed for Laundering £1 Million from Romance Fraud
Ahmed Ali Suleman, the 63-year-old owner of Savanna Rags in Mansfield, was jailed for four years and three months on June 23rd for laundering over £1 million obtained from a West African romance fraud operation that targeted 77 victims, using his seemingly legitimate textile export business as a fro...
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44% Bias Score
44 Pakistani Migrants Die in Deadly Atlantic Crossing
In January 2025, 44 Pakistani migrants died during a perilous journey from Mauritania to the Canary Islands, highlighting the increasingly sophisticated and deadly smuggling routes bypassing stricter Mediterranean and North African border controls, costing each migrant \$17,000.
44 Pakistani Migrants Die in Deadly Atlantic Crossing
In January 2025, 44 Pakistani migrants died during a perilous journey from Mauritania to the Canary Islands, highlighting the increasingly sophisticated and deadly smuggling routes bypassing stricter Mediterranean and North African border controls, costing each migrant \$17,000.
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24% Bias Score
World Bank Funds $219.8 Million for Climate-Resilient Roads in Mali
The World Bank granted Mali $219.8 million to improve the climate resilience of its road network, focusing on the 137.7 km Diéma-Sandaré section of the Bamako-Dakar Corridor and ancillary facilities, indirectly benefiting approximately one million people.
World Bank Funds $219.8 Million for Climate-Resilient Roads in Mali
The World Bank granted Mali $219.8 million to improve the climate resilience of its road network, focusing on the 137.7 km Diéma-Sandaré section of the Bamako-Dakar Corridor and ancillary facilities, indirectly benefiting approximately one million people.
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36% Bias Score
Liberia Strengthens Mpox Surveillance Amidst Sierra Leone Outbreak
Liberia's health authorities are strengthening cross-border surveillance to curb Mpox spread from neighboring Sierra Leone, which has 1,904 active cases, 14 deaths, and a limited vaccine supply; Liberia currently has five active cases.
Liberia Strengthens Mpox Surveillance Amidst Sierra Leone Outbreak
Liberia's health authorities are strengthening cross-border surveillance to curb Mpox spread from neighboring Sierra Leone, which has 1,904 active cases, 14 deaths, and a limited vaccine supply; Liberia currently has five active cases.
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20% Bias Score
Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Banned From Election, Vows to Continue Campaign
Ivory Coast's main opposition leader, Tidjane Thiam, resigned from his party but will lead the 2025 election bid after being barred from the October 2024 vote due to a court ruling questioning his nationality; three other opposition figures were also excluded, raising concerns about electoral fairne...
Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Banned From Election, Vows to Continue Campaign
Ivory Coast's main opposition leader, Tidjane Thiam, resigned from his party but will lead the 2025 election bid after being barred from the October 2024 vote due to a court ruling questioning his nationality; three other opposition figures were also excluded, raising concerns about electoral fairne...
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44% Bias Score
NGOs Sue Spain Over Alleged Illegal Fishing in West Africa
Two environmental NGOs, ClientEarth and Oceana, sued the Spanish government for failing to investigate Spanish-flagged vessels suspected of illegal fishing off Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, alleging the vessels repeatedly deactivated their tracking systems between 2020 and 2023, potentially masking ill...
NGOs Sue Spain Over Alleged Illegal Fishing in West Africa
Two environmental NGOs, ClientEarth and Oceana, sued the Spanish government for failing to investigate Spanish-flagged vessels suspected of illegal fishing off Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, alleging the vessels repeatedly deactivated their tracking systems between 2020 and 2023, potentially masking ill...
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48% Bias Score
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