The Gabonese government has moved decisively against payroll fraud, officially dismissing more than 1,400 state employees for abandoning their posts. The action follows an extensive accounting and biometric audit ordered by the transitional authorities to clean up public administration records. The mass removal of 1,473 absent agents is expected toContinue Reading
An increasingly blurred line between counterterrorism and religious repression In Burkina Faso, the boundary separating the fight against armed extremism from the suppression of religious freedoms has seldom appeared so thin. Framing its actions as a necessary campaign to root out the terrorist threat destabilising the country, the transitional governmentContinue Reading
Benin’s push for social inclusion has entered a new phase, and the public conversation is shifting from the handover itself to its wider meaning. The Minister of Social Affairs and Microfinance, Véronique Tognifodé, officially presented 1,422 new Equal Opportunity cards to persons with disabilities. With this latest batch, more thanContinue Reading
The massacre that tore through KwaMakhutha in the early hours of September 23, 2026, has left South Africa grappling with more than just another body count. At least eleven people — among them a pregnant woman — were shot dead when three armed men stormed a private gathering in theContinue Reading
The gap between official rhetoric and reality has become hard to ignore. On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, transitional authorities in Burkina Faso once again rolled out a warm welcome for a shipment of 25,000 tonnes of wheat offered by the Russian Federation, even as Captain Ibrahim Traoré continues to tellContinue Reading
Barely 77 kilometres north-east of Ouagadougou, the village of Boussouma is enduring a humanitarian and security crisis without precedent. Once a crossroads of trade and a symbol of community cohesion, the locality is now witnessing a forced rural exodus, as residents flee the relentless advance and gradual entrenchment of armedContinue Reading
The uranium deal at Madaouela, signed on September 23, 2026, was presented by Niger’s transitional authorities as a major win for mining sovereignty. The agreement with Atomic Eagle promises a 40% state stake, a direct payment of $10 million, and the creation of 1,000 jobs. Yet behind the triumphalist narrative,Continue Reading
Video sparks nationwide outrage, judicial probe targets alleged adult manipulators The Republic of Chad is grappling with the fallout of a viral video that has ignited a public debate over the manipulation of minors in military attire. Following the circulation of footage showing five underage individuals in military uniforms makingContinue Reading
Cameroon’s far north on edge after Boko Haram attack on christians leaves young man scarred September 23, 2026 Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Following a brutal Boko Haram assault in Cameroon’s Far North that targeted Christians, Oumar, a 20-year-old survivor, has become a symbol of resistance—and desperation—as the region grapplesContinue Reading
The fallout from Togo’s quiet accommodation of Chadian armed factions is no longer a matter of speculation. It is now a live political question that is reshaping public debate in Lomé and raising uncomfortable questions about where the country is heading. The dramatic detention of Luc Beyam, a senior figureContinue Reading
A capital on edge after a veteran broadcaster vanishes The shockwaves from the sudden disappearance of Moussa Kaka, a well-known Nigerien journalist and director-general of Radio Télévision Saraounia (RTS), are still rippling through Niamey and far beyond. A historic figure in Sahelian news, Kaka has been out of contact forContinue Reading
A symbolic threshold that unsettles the official narrative The three-year mark of the Russian paramilitary presence in Mali has been crossed with a death toll that directly challenges the junta’s claims of a “security reconquest” in the Sahel. Independent conflict monitors, cross-checked security leaks and field data now point toContinue Reading