The shift to Standard Arabic reflects the current direction of Chad’s foreign policy. The country has ended its military ...

DAKAR – For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet ...

In this analysis, we focus on the importance of culture through African languages in the construction of identity and community. Linguistic alienation, the expression of a colonization of the mind.

France is facing deep anticolonial resentment across Africa, but has found a partner in Rwanda, which is embracing French influence despite years of acrimony. By Abdi Latif Dahir Photographs by ...

Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is widely spoken throughout East Africa and serves as a lingua franca in several countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the ...

Ahead of the 19th summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), its secretary-general takes stock of her six-year tenure. She also talks about the current tensions in several ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a ...