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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicWest Africa

Topic: West Africa

How Indian pharma firms are creating a drug crisis in West Africa & the rural road ‘revolution’

Global media also looks at the contest between US & Russia to sell fighter jets to India.

Behind rising jihadist violence in Burkina Faso, a fragile govt & power vacuum in Sahel region

August massacre by al-Qaeda-linked group in Burkina Faso, one of the worst in Africa in decades with about 600 people killed, puts focus on decade-old Islamist insurgency.

France’s ‘social cleansing’ of the homeless ahead of Olympics & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

Widespread unrest over delay of presidential elections in Senegal

The postponement bill was passed by 105 legislators in the 165-seat assembly, Monday, after security forces foiled an attempt by a group of opposition members to block the vote.

As Russia looms, US tries to influence West Africa’s fight against Islamists

Relations between Russia and US have become more hostile since Moscow invaded Ukraine over a year ago. Washington and its allies oppose Russian influence in West Africa.

What led to massive floods in West and Central Africa?

The floods had affected 5 million people and 1 million hectares of cropland by mid-October in a region according to the U.N.'s World Food Programme.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.