By Biran Gaye On a December night in 2004, bullets tore through the darkness on Sankung Sillah Factory Road, ending the life of one of Africa’s most unflinching journalists. Deyda Hydara—co-founder of The Point newspaper, and correspondent for AFP and Reporters Without Borders—was gunned down just...

Before the first ‘Gele-gele’ (commuter van) rattles through Lamin’s busy streets, Marie Beyai has already begun her day with a silent plea: How will she find the 30 Dalasi fare to send her daughter to St. John’s School for the Deaf? She’s one of thousands...