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…
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:…
Mali’s education year opens with 2,400 schools closed and 730,000 children shut out
BAMAKO — The official start of the 2026-2027 school year on Thursday, October 1, was supposed to be a moment…
Cameroon’s ghost town day: how a decade of anglophone crisis is hitting lives and livelihoods
What the October 1st shutdown means for everyday Cameroonians The first of October carries deep historical weight in Cameroon. It…
What Benin’s €500 million bond really means for households, businesses and the wider economy
Cotonou — Benin has pulled off a €500 million fundraising on international markets, and the consequences will be felt far…
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…
Burkina Faso after four years of Traoré: mounting debate over the human cost of military rule
On 30 September 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso by toppling Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Four years…
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…