What Benin’s financing overhaul means for businesses and households
What Benin’s financing overhaul means for businesses and households Benin’s economy expanded by 8.1% in 2025, and the momentum shows…
Author: Élise Ntamag
Journalist
What Benin’s $730m AIIB deal means for households, businesses and public finances
Benin What Benin’s $730m AIIB deal means for households, businesses and public finances A new indicative pipeline of $730 million…
DR Congo’s unpunished crimes: the daily toll on families, farms and futures
Law and justiceDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo’s unpunished crimes: the daily toll on families, farms and futures In the…
French school protest chaos: the real toll on commuters, shopkeepers and public safety
Over fifty schools damaged, running battles with riot police and entire tram and bus networks shut down — Thursday’s high…
A month without Moussa Kaka in Niger: how one journalist’s absence is reshaping daily life, business and public trust
For more than thirty days now, Niger has been living with a question that nobody in power wants to answer:…
Burkina Faso’s tipping point: how coordinated jihadist strikes on Lalgaye and Ouahigouya signal a new phase
The weekend of Saturday 26 September marked a decisive shift in Burkina Faso’s security landscape. For the first time in…
Lamu refinery launch: the fallout, the debate, and what comes next for Benin
Lamu, Kenya — September 30, 2026. Benin’s President Romuald Wadagni was in Lamu on Wednesday, on Kenya’s northern coast, for…
Air Sénégal suspends all Dakar-Paris cabin crew amid parcel-carrying probe
Entire cabin crew removed from Dakar-Paris route Air Sénégal has taken the drastic step of grounding every flight attendant assigned…
Mali’s mining crisis: how Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto payoff is hammering workers and the economy
A social truce built on backroom payoffs at Loulo-Gounkoto The cancellation of the strike notice at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex…
Moussa Kaka’s disappearance in Niger: the far-reaching consequences for citizens, the press and West Africa’s economy
Niger has been without any trace of journalist Moussa Kaka since August 31. His forced disappearance is already sending shockwaves…
Lyon’s goalless stalemate with Chelsea: the real-world fallout for fans, clubs and the women’s game
For the first time this season, OL Lyonnes failed to win and failed to score, held to a 0-0 draw…
Mali: JNIM ambush on Russian Africa Corps convoy near Niono — what it means for civilians and local trade
The attack on a Russian Africa Corps convoy north of Niono on 28 September 2026 did more than damage a…