Author: Daniel Mbami

By Daniel Mbami — Journalist

EU trade mission in Cotonou: reactions and what comes next for Benin

A new chapter in Benin-EU economic relations The European Union officially launched its first-ever economic mission in Benin on Wednesday,…

Analysis

Niger’s legal storm: five years sought for lawyer Abdourahamane Lirwana as defence refuses to plead

A five-year prison request that has set Niger’s legal community on edge The trial of prominent Nigerien lawyer Abdourahamane Lirwana…

Gabon’s fuel container rule: how drivers, stations and regulators are reacting

By Daniel Mbami — Journalist

Analysis

Niger’s fuel price debate: the fallout, the backlash and what happens next

The recommendation landed like a thunderclap, yet it merely confirmed what many had feared for months. At the close of…

Niger-Algeria fibre optic corridor at Assamaka: fallout, debate and what happens next

By Daniel Mbami — Journalist

Politics

Senegal reacts as Elhadj Malick Ndiaye explains giving up national assembly presidency to Ousmane Sonko: “individually, we are at ground zero”

By Daniel Mbami — Journalist

Kidal pullout by FLA sparks debate over Mali war’s next phase

The Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) says it has pulled its forces out of Kidal in northern Mali,…

International

Baltic states up in arms after Moscow’s wartime collaboration ruling: what happens next

When a Russian district court in Tver declared thirteen individuals and five organisations from the Baltic states to be accomplices…

Guinea-Bissau arms crackdown: mounting reactions and the road ahead to December’s vote

Security sweep in Bissau stirs political storm Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities are pressing ahead with a sweeping disarmament campaign in the…

A la Une

Gabon’s poultry import ban: the global trade debate and what happens next