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A nation asks who will carry the torch after the loss of a quiet architect of Ivorian finance When a man who spent nearly his entire adult life inside the …
Can Côte d’Ivoire keep the economic memory of Abdoulaye Koné alive after his death at 91? Read More
After the August mutiny, the purge of Niger’s armed forces raises a central question: how far did the military government in Niamey go to regain control over its own soldiers? …
Niger’s August mutiny: how far did Tiani go to keep his army in line? Read More
What did it take for Benin to beat Mauritius 3-0 and claim AirBadminton gold? Benin’s men’s triples team delivered a flawless performance at the 2026 AirBadminton African Championships in Entebbe, …
Benin’s 3-0 AirBadminton final win: what did it really take to beat Mauritius? Read More
Benin Can Benin’s CCI deliver on its 2.1 billion FCFA investment promise for 2027? The Benin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI Benin) has approved a 6.6 billion FCFA budget …
Can Benin’s CCI deliver on its 2.1 billion FCFA investment promise for 2027? Read More
What if a single agricultural project could reshape the economic destiny of an entire region? That is the question hanging over Bambali, the native village of Senegalese football star Sadio …
Can the Bambali agro-industrial park turn Sédhiou’s mango into an economic engine? Read More
In Mali’s media landscape, already strained by years of conflict, the line between factual reporting and wartime communication has not simply blurred — it has been deliberately erased. At the …
Can Mali’s public still find the truth as Maliweb.net turns into a propaganda structure? Read More
Senegal is preparing to place a high-stakes bet on its edible oil future. For years, the country’s oil palm sector has been trapped below 12,000 hectares, but a new partnership …
Will Senegal’s 60,000-Hectare Palm Oil Gamble With Indonesia Finally End Its Import Addiction? Read More
A military elite in training, a population still on the move Burkina Faso has decided to train its own military elite. The move, championed by the government of Ibrahim Traoré, …
Can a stronger army bring Burkina Faso’s people home? Read More
Aimé Martial Massamba, Gabon’s Minister of Fisheries, Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, has been tasked with steering preparations for a fresh fisheries partnership with the European Union. Meeting on …
Can Gabon’s new EU fisheries deal really break the cycle of unbalanced agreements? Read More
Standard & Poor’s decision to reaffirm Cameroon’s sovereign rating at “B-/B” with a stable outlook in mid-September raises a question that markets and multilateral partners are quietly asking: can the …
Will Cameroon’s B-/B rating survive the political transition test? Read More
Senegal’s revised finance bill 2026: will the three-day delay damage budget credibility? Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô had instructed the Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning, Cheikh Diba, as …
Senegal’s revised finance bill 2026: will the three-day delay damage budget credibility? Read More
Reading time: 7 minutes. Mehdi Ba Journalist at Jeune Afrique, specialist on Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye Kiiraay – Les Patriotes républicains By Nicolas Biyong — Political and economic news
Senegal’s local elections: can Bassirou Diomaye Faye afford to keep the country guessing? Read More