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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
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
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
When Mali’s chief of defence staff dismissed the situation at Dioura with the curt assertion that “there is nothing at Dioura,” the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims …
Dioura’s disclosure dilemma: can Mali’s junta control the narrative after JNIM’s damning exposé? Read More
In Niger, nationality is no longer a birthright but a privilege that can be revoked at the whim of those in power. Since the National Council for the Safeguard of …
Niger: is Tiani’s regime making citizenship a weapon of political control? Read More
Politics Libreville’s new prosecutor general: can Alain-Georges Moukoko’s green justice record deliver on Gabon’s reform promises? Libreville, Friday, September 18, 2026 – The general prosecutor’s office in Libreville is getting …
Libreville’s new prosecutor general: can Alain-Georges Moukoko’s green justice record deliver on Gabon’s reform promises? Read More
When a coup leader starts fearing his own soldiers On 26 July 2023, General Abdourahamane Tiani seized power by overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum. Three years later, on 29 August 2026, …
Niger: is Tiani’s regime confusing dissent with conspiracy? Read More
At the highest levels of Niger’s ruling junta, a fierce internal struggle is unfolding over a military structure whose implications stretch far beyond national security. The dispute pits General Salifou …
Niger’s 1.8 billion FCFA security fund: who really holds the reins of the CFPD? Read More
The recent employers’ consultations and the plan for a prefiguration body to self-regulate Mali’s media have produced a carefully staged display of unity. Yet that public front struggles to hide …
Can Mali’s press reform break a decade of internal fractures, or is the consensus just a pause? Read More
Behind Niger’s security apparatus lies a deeper struggle over personnel, resources and the levers of state control. The story of the CFPD and the Domol Leydi is not just about …
Niger’s defense power play: the hidden fault lines behind the CFPD and the Domol Leydi Read More