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For more than thirty days now, Niger has been grappling with an unsettling question that refuses to go away: what has happened to Moussa Kaka, and how far are the …
Moussa Kaka’s month-long disappearance in Niger: how far will the media crackdown go? Read More
The lifting of the strike notice at the Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex conceals a financial pact of a very different nature. Behind the touted compromise on working conditions, the agreement sealed …
Behind Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto truce: the anatomy of a union payoff in Mali Read More
Why the Lirwana case matters more than it appears The detention of lawyer Abdourahamane Lirwana is not an isolated incident. It is the latest link in a chain of judicial …
Niger’s crackdown machinery: inside the jailing of lawyer Abdourahamane Lirwana and what it reveals Read More
When Benin’s government confirmed a 500 million euro international bank financing package — roughly 328 billion FCFA — the headline number told only part of the story. The real insight …
Inside Benin’s 328 billion FCFA financing: the risk-sharing blueprint that won over global lenders Read More
The gap between official accounts and lived experience When Ibrahim Traoré sat down for an interview on 27 September 2026 to present the balance sheet of his four years in …
Burkina Faso: the unspoken realities behind Ibrahim Traoré’s four-year record Read More
Benin’s push for influence within the francophone world is not improvised. It follows a deliberate pattern, and the latest chapter unfolded in Bucharest, Romania, where a Beninese delegation led by …
Inside Benin’s diplomatic playbook: how Bio Tchané’s Bucharest mission fits a wider strategy Read More
When Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine stepped up to the podium at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, he delivered what has become a familiar ritual for Niger’s military regime: a …
Niger’s broken machinery: behind the un sovereignty rhetoric, an industrial collapse foretold Read More
A nation confronted again by mass bloodshed South Africa has once more been shaken by a burst of extreme gun violence. At least 27 people were killed and several others …
South Africa’s deadly day: the deeper forces behind 27 killings in Johannesburg and Cape Town Read More
Behind the numbers: a payroll contraction that reshapes household budgets As Burkina Faso’s school year gets underway, a quieter structural shift is drawing attention: the gradual thinning of the state’s …
Behind Burkina Faso’s shrinking public payroll: the household economics of 1,917 fewer agents Read More
When Defense Minister Célestin Simporé appeared on national television to praise the security record of Captain Ibrahim Traoré, he offered a well-rehearsed explanation for the current stalemate: the Burkinabè army …
Why is Burkina Faso’s army performing worse after Russian training? Read More
What happens when a government discovers that hundreds of people have been collecting public salaries without ever setting foot in an office? That is the dilemma Gabon has confronted head-on, …
Gabon’s ghost worker purge: can 11 billion CFA francs in savings truly transform public services? Read More
In Burkina Faso, the line between fighting armed extremism and suppressing religious freedom has never been so blurred. Under the guise of rooting out the terrorist threat that undermines the …
Can Burkina Faso’s anti-terror fight justify the crackdown on its majority Muslim community? Read More