Le Monde Afrique

Cameroon’s debt at 15,607 billion FCFA: can the country keep borrowing without sinking? That is the question now hanging over Cameroon’s public finances after the national debt stock climbed to …

Cameroon’s debt at 15,607 billion FCFA: can the country keep borrowing without sinking? Read More

Cameroon woke to news that has left its highest constitutional authority in uncharted territory. Clément Atangana, the man who presided over the Constitutional Council, died in Paris, where he had …

Can Cameroon’s constitutional council survive the loss of Clément Atangana? Read More

What is France’s Mistral helicopter carrier really doing in Senegal? This amphibious vessel can carry helicopters, troops, and vehicles, and it is designed for operations that combine land, air, and …

What is France’s Mistral helicopter carrier really doing in Senegal? Read More

Law and justiceDemocratic Republic of Congo Can six million signatures finally deliver justice in DR Congo? After more than three decades of conflict, millions of victims in the Democratic Republic …

Can six million signatures finally deliver justice in DR Congo? Read More

A US proposal asking Côte d’Ivoire to take in people expelled from the United States — many of them not Ivorian nationals — was quietly turned aside in Abidjan. The …

Inside the breakdown: why Abidjan turned down Washington’s third-country deportation overture Read More

Gabon has stepped onto the 81st United Nations General Assembly stage in New York, which opened on September 22, with a newly acquired responsibility inside the world body. Elected in …

Can Gabon’s first UN vice-presidency truly amplify Libreville’s global voice? Read More

What matters more for a nation’s children: the weight of its debt or the way that debt is used? That is the question Côte d’Ivoire carried to New York on …

Debt or classrooms: which wins when Côte d’Ivoire bets on its children’s future? Read More

Chad Chad: can prosecuting five minors in military uniforms reveal who pulled the strings? After a video showing five minors in military uniforms making hostile remarks spread online, the N’Djamena …

Chad: can prosecuting five minors in military uniforms reveal who pulled the strings? Read More

Cameroon: after a Boko Haram bullet left him wounded for his faith, can Oumar ever heal? What happens when a 20-year-old Christian refuses to renounce his faith in a region …

Cameroon: after a Boko Haram bullet left him wounded for his faith, can Oumar ever heal? Read More

Can Mali’s army really crush jihadists while Goïta extends a hand to ‘brothers’? In a televised and radio address on Monday evening, Mali’s transitional president, General Assimi Goïta, made a …

Can Mali’s army really crush jihadists while Goïta extends a hand to ‘brothers’? Read More

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