Law and Justice Chad’s Klessoum pardon: how 150 releases reshape families, jobs, and justice in N’Djamena A collective sentence relief order signed by President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has put 150 people back on the streets of the Chadian capital, with immediate knock-on effects for households, small businesses, and theContinue Reading
The morning of Wednesday, September 16, 2026, brought a stark reminder that official narratives and battlefield reality rarely align. The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) claimed it had seized two positions held by Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) in Mahlou and Winten, inContinue Reading
Benin Senate’s 2027 budget vote: what it means for taxpayers, services and the wider economy The financial choices made inside Benin’s upper house this week will not stay confined to the chamber’s walls. When senators formally approved the institution’s operating and investment budget for 2027 during a plenary session onContinue Reading
Benin opened its Africa AirBadminton Championship campaign with a commanding 60-37 victory over Algeria on Wednesday, September 16, in Entebbe, Uganda. The result does more than secure three points in Group A — it reshapes the team’s path toward world qualification and signals the growing competitiveness of the sport acrossContinue Reading
The economic and diplomatic ripple effects of Benin’s latest strategic outreach to Rwanda have begun to unfold, as President Romuald Wadagni concluded a landmark 48-hour working visit to Kigali. The high-level engagement—his first official trip to Rwanda since assuming office—sends a strong signal about Cotonou’s commitment to deepening one ofContinue Reading
Benin’s strategic push to upgrade the Cotonou-Niamey logistics corridor is reshaping daily realities for businesses, households, and regional economies. Backed by a €30 million investment from the European Union and Belgium’s Enabel agency, this infrastructure overhaul aims to turn Benin into West Africa’s most reliable trade gateway—but what does thatContinue Reading
When Saudi air defence batteries brought down a Houthi drone over the southern approaches to Mecca, the number that mattered most was zero: no deaths, no injuries, no debris in the streets. Yet the real consequences of that single interception stretch well beyond the tactical scoreboard. For the worshippers crowdingContinue Reading
On August 21, 2026, Niger witnessed a security failure so profound it shattered public trust in the military regime. Moments after Friday prayers ended, heavily armed militants surrounded multiple mosques, sealed all exits, and forcibly marched nearly 500 worshippers—men, elders, and boys—into dense forest cover. Days later, their fate remainsContinue Reading
The Nigerian military’s relentless counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast have reshaped the conflict with Boko Haram and ISWAP in the Lake Chad basin. In a landmark briefing from Maiduguri, outgoing Joint Task Force HADIN KAI commander Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar unveiled devastating losses for the jihadist factions: over 1,100 fightersContinue Reading
For twenty-six days, from 22 September to 17 October 2026, the Fnac Paris Saint-Lazare will turn its third-floor forum into a showcase for Benin. Exhibitions, talks, debates, film and music make up a programme designed to connect history, memory, spirituality and contemporary creation. The stakes go well beyond a culturalContinue Reading
The cost of an unfinished law For weeks, lawmakers in Senegal have been trying to bring special funds under some form of legal framework. That effort remains unfinished, and the absence of a final mechanism is exactly why a significant share of discretionary state spending still escapes effective scrutiny byContinue Reading
KIGALI — Benin’s President Romuald Wadagni began a two-day official visit to Rwanda on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, in a diplomatic trip that carries far-reaching implications for citizens and businesses back home. The visit, his first official journey abroad since taking office in May, brought him to the Rwandan capital,Continue Reading