Danielle Paquette

• Africa

The flames tore through Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in the city of Tivaouane, northeast of the capital, Dakar.

• Africa

Doctors and infectious-disease experts across the continent have worked to contain monkeypox outbreaks for years. Few seemed to care, or even notice, until people in the West started getting sick.

• Africa

Documents, imagery and witness accounts point to a heightened Russian presence in Mali, where the military government is locked in a bloody war with extremists. Profits from the Wagner Group flow back to Moscow, helping prop up Vladimir Putin’s government at at time of growing economic isolation over its war in Ukraine.

• Military

The U.S, military presence in Somalia, numbering about 500, will be focused on al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate considered the terrorist network’s most lethal and well-funded operation.

• Africa

As the EU ditches Russian gas over the war in Ukraine, West African nations hope to fill the void.

• Post Reports

Today on Post Reports, we go to Sierra Leone, where having a baby can mean risking your life.

• Africa

Sierra Leone is one of the riskiest places to have a baby. One teen fears repeating her mother’s story of dying in childbirth.

• Africa

The digital diet of a 30-year-old Burkinabe toy seller illustrates how Russia is building the image of a superpower.

• Africa