Mark Banchereau

U.S. families sent their children to the American Dara Academy in Senegal for affordable religious schooling, but the academy is now under investigation over alleged abuse, with students reporting beatings and humiliating punishments. apnews.com/article/senega…

BREAKING: Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have appeared on state television saying they have seized power in the country. apnews.com/article/guinea…

Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted #Morocco for a week straight, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore. #GenZ212 apnews.com/article/morocc…

In Boko Haram's birthplace, USAID's collapse threatens a school for victims of extremism. My last @AP dispatch from Borno looks at the far-reaching consequences of the USAID funding cut in education and how it could play into the hands of jihadists. apnews.com/article/nigeri…

In Borno, pregnant women living outside of the capital are totally cut off from emergency healthcare service as the military shuts roads, Boko Haram ups attacks, the govt is unable to recruit doctors & donor aid is now gone. My @AP story from the ground: apnews.com/article/nigeri…

As part of @AP coverage of the ongoing UN Geneva plastics conference, the Lagos team looks at the effort to reduce plastic waste by banning single-use plastics in one of the world’s most plastics-polluted places in the world, and if it’s working. No. apnews.com/article/nigeri…

I spent a few Sundays in June & July attending a church of the deaf in Lagos to tell the story of how it helps them find faith & community. “God understands us all,” they told me. Isaiah 29:18: And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book… apnews.com/article/nigeri…

A confidential brief to the ICC, seen exclusively by AP, accuses Wagner of promoting atrocities. It asserts that Wagner has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities including ones alluding to cannibalism w/@MonikaPronczuk apnews.com/article/wagner…

Africa knew Trump's 'America First' pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid apnews.com/article/trump-…

Fighting reaches the outskirts of eastern Congo's largest city as rebels close in apnews.com/article/congo-…

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade apnews.com/article/benin-…

Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised apnews.com/article/senega…

European politicians say migration is out of control. The numbers tell a different story apnews.com/article/irregu…

Senegal's president dissolves parliament to call a snap legislative election apnews.com/article/senega…

The death toll of the migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Senegal rose to 26, the country's navy announced today. apnews.com/article/senega…

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing, local authorities said on Monday. apnews.com/article/senega…

Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez met with Senegal’s President Faye today to conclude his West Africa tour aimed at tackling irregular migration to Spain’s Canary Islands. apnews.com/article/migrat…

'Barcelona or die' For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent apnews.com/article/migrat…

The NYPD's Strategic Response Group has targeted non-violent protesters for years. Today dozens of SRG victims testified at City Council for more than 4 hours about abuse they've endured. The NYPD, meanwhile, declined to show up. indypendent.org/2023/03/activi…