Shola Lawal

Lagos

Journalist at Freelance

Independent Journalist. People + Planet. @IWMF Neuffer + EU Lorenzo Natali Prize etc. https://t.co/w6Tvz9QSqG

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Articles

‘We feel like we’re back in Senegal’: the Sufis helping migrants in the Canaries

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Shola Lawal |Priyanka Shankar

In a three-storey building in a residential neighbourhood in Gran Canaria, about an hour’s drive from the airport, more than a dozen teenage Senegalese boys in colourful, flowing robes sit in a circle, soulfully chanting supplications. Behind them, girls sit with their heads covered, praying. On the top-floor terrace a feast of steaming rice, meat and vegetable gravy is being prepared. It is a bright Sunday afternoon in February.
Will a moonwalking general become Gabon's next president?

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

The small African nation of Gabon is voting on Saturday in its first executive elections since a military coup in 2023 ended the 50-year dynastic rule of the Bongo political family. Brice Clotaite Oligui Nguema, coup leader-turned-transition president, is the main candidate among four competitors and is widely expected to win the elections, despite controversial reforms he has put into place that experts say were tailored to make him eligible for the vote.
Have Trump’s tariffs killed US-Africa preferential trade? | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

The AGOA framework that saw African countries export duty free to the US is as good as dead, experts say.
Why is Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa facing pressure to resign?

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing what experts say is the biggest threat to his rule yet as a succession battle erupts ahead of general elections scheduled for 2028. Recent manoeuvrings by the president and his supporters to extend his rule to 2030 have led to calls and protests from within his party for the president to step down or be forced to do so.
How Muslims in Africa celebrate the holy month and Eid

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal
Russian mercenaries in Mali accused of attacking civilians

4 weeks ago | genocidewatch.com | Shola Lawal

Conflict monitors say Wagner fighters have intensified combat and widened their operation areas since 2023. By Shola Lawal Grainy camera footage showed them lying still in the blistering heat of the desert – six or seven bodies, maybe more. Wet, red spots in the sand and belongings scattered across the landscape were signs of what had happened. As the camera shifted back and forth, it caught a dirtied pair of jeans in the sand, curiously without its owner. It was February in northern Mali.
Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians?

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

Grainy camera footage showed them lying still in the blistering heat of the desert - six or seven bodies, maybe more. Wet, red spots in the sand and belongings scattered across the landscape were signs of what had happened. As the camera shifted back and forth, it caught a dirtied pair of jeans in the sand, curiously without its owner. It was February in northern Mali.
Amid conflict, why does the DRC want a minerals deal with Trump?

1 month ago | msn.com | Shola Lawal

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Amid conflict, why does the DRC want a minerals deal with Trump?

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Shola Lawal

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is having "daily exchanges" with the United States government with the aim of securing a minerals-for-security deal, Congolese officials have told the media. The move comes amid escalating violence in the East African country. The rebel M23 armed group has seized territory in areas rich in gold and coltan, an important mineral used in the manufacturing of electronic gadgets.
Columbia expels, suspends students after government threats: What we know

1 month ago | msn.com | Shola Lawal

Continue reading More for You SHALOM COLUMBIA: The Trump Admin, led by @USEDgov and the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism (@TheJusticeDept, @HHSGov, & @USGSA), has canceled ~$400M in federal grants to @Columbia over its failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment.