Benin’s police investigation overhaul: the fallout, the debate and what comes next
The rehabilitation of fully refurbished facilities and the delivery of next-generation investigative equipment to the Republican Police have sparked a…
Author: Élise Ntamag
Journalist
Benin-Algeria defense pact: the fallout, the debate and what comes next
When Benin’s defense minister sat down with a high-level Algerian diplomatic and military delegation at the national defense ministry in…
Gabon’s ghost payroll purge: public reaction, union pushback and what happens next
The Gabonese government has made one of its boldest moves yet to clean up the public payroll. After a sweeping…
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Benin’s startup funding upset: the fallout, the debate and what happens next
A funding leaderboard turned on its head Something unusual has happened to the map of African venture capital. For years,…
Senegal’s dissolution debate: reaction and fallout after Diomaye Faye’s remarks
Reactions and fallout: what Diomaye Faye’s dissolution remarks mean for Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has publicly refused to rule…
Kemi Seba protection fallout: what next for Niger-Benin reconciliation?
The political fallout from Niamey’s decision to shield Kemi Seba, a Beninese national wanted by Cotonou’s courts, is now reshaping…
Debt and education after New York: the debate Côte d’Ivoire has now triggered
When Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, left New York after two days of high-level UNICEF…
Sky Dragon 30 backlash: Burkina Faso’s air-defence bet faces growing scrutiny and an uncertain road ahead
The rollout was stage-managed down to the smallest detail by the transition government’s communications machine: high-definition cameras, tight shots of…
Abala-Filingué: Niger’s GARSI loses 15 troops, and a nation debates what comes next
The ambush that unfolded this morning in the Abala-Filingué department has once again plunged Niger into mourning and reopened a…
Benin’s disability card rollout: reactions, scrutiny and what happens next
The handover of 1,422 new Chance Equality cards in Benin has triggered a wave of reactions across the country, with…
KwaMakhutha massacre: shockwaves, public anger and a province asking what comes next
The massacre that tore through KwaMakhutha in the early hours of 23 September 2026 has left South Africa grappling with…
After 25,000 tonnes of Russian wheat, Burkina Faso faces a food sovereignty reckoning
The official narrative and the reality on the ground have rarely been so far apart. On Wednesday, September 23, 2026,…