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:…
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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…
Jailing of lawyer Lirwana in Niger: the real-world toll on citizens, businesses and the economy
The detention of lawyer and human rights defender Abdourahamane Lirwana is not an isolated legal episode — it is a…
What Benin’s €500 million financing deal means for households, businesses and the economy
The Benin government has officially completed the raising of €500 million (around 328 billion FCFA) in international bank financing. The…
Burkina Faso: how four years under Ibrahim Traoré reshaped the lives of millions
The human cost of a record under scrutiny When Ibrahim Traoré addressed the nation on 27 September 2026 to mark…
What the Bucharest resolutions mean for Benin’s workers, businesses and public finances
Decisions taken at the general assembly of the Union of Francophone Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (UCESIF) in…
Niger’s UN sovereignty show: the SOMAÏR and SONIDEP collapse hitting every household
The broken promise behind Niger’s UN stagecraft At the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Niger’s military-appointed Prime Minister, Ali Mahaman…
South Africa’s gun violence crisis deepens as 27 killed in Johannesburg and Cape Town shootings
The people of South Africa are once again counting the cost of the country’s relentless gun violence after at least…
Burkina Faso: shrinking civil service payroll exacts a heavy toll on households and local economies
A declining public workforce and its immediate social repercussions As Burkina Faso prepares for the new school year, a troubling…
Simporé’s TV admission: Burkina Faso reacts as the security narrative crumbles
The appearance of Defence Minister General Célestin Simporé on the national television set was meant to be a moment of…
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…
After Burkina Faso’s imam crackdown: the fallout, the anger, and the road ahead
The line between fighting armed extremism and suppressing religious freedom in Burkina Faso has rarely looked so blurred. What began…