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Moussa Kaka’s disappearance: a month on, Niger faces a storm of outrage and uneasy questions
A month of silence that has shaken Niger’s media landscape More than thirty days have …
Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto ‘social truce’ exposed as syndicate corruption scheme
The lifting of the strike notice at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex conceals a financial pact …
Niger jails lawyer Lirwana over Facebook opinion, escalating free speech crisis
Niger jails lawyer Lirwana over Facebook opinion, escalating free speech crisis The arrest and imprisonment …
Benin raises €500 million in international bank financing to speed up social and economic investment
Benin has completed a €500 million international bank financing deal, equivalent to roughly 328 billion …
Burkina Faso: four years of Ibrahim Traoré, a record that leaves millions displaced
In an interview granted on 27 September 2026 to present the results of his four …
Benin’s delegate takes the floor at UCESIF Bucharest general assembly
Benin’s institutional diplomacy is once again front and centre on the francophone stage. From 28 …
Niger’s UN speech meets hard numbers: SOMAÏR output down 80%, SONIDEP loses 25 billion FCFA
At the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Niger’s military-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine …
South Africa shootings: 27 killed in hours across Johannesburg and Cape Town
South Africa has been hit by another surge of gun violence, with at least 27 …
Burkina Faso: public workforce drops by 1,917 agents as school year opens
As Burkina Faso begins its new school year, a troubling social reality confronts many households. …
Simporé’s televised admission: why can’t Burkina Faso’s re-trained army outperform the old one?
When General Célestin Simporé, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Defence, appeared on national broadcaster RTB to …
Gabon’s ghost worker purge: can the state really recover 11 billion CFA francs?
Gabon’s transitional authorities have made a decisive move: more than 1,400 civil servants have been …