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
Togo’s press freedom under scrutiny after journalist’s sanction The sanction imposed on journalist Emmanuelle Sodji has reignited concerns about the state of press freedom in Togo, raising critical questions about the intersection of regulatory enforcement and the public’s right to know. As the debate intensifies, the implications stretch beyond newsrooms,Continue Reading
The decree signed on 15 September 2026 by General Abdourahamane Tiani was dressed up as a neutral “technical reorganisation”, yet its consequences stretch far beyond the walls of the cabinet room. This first large-scale government reshuffle is, in practice, a political rescue mission — and the bill will be settledContinue Reading
When a government wraps a crackdown in the vocabulary of sovereignty, the words can sound reassuring — until the practical consequences begin to land. Niger has now reached that point. At the close of its Council of Ministers, the Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie (CNSP) presented aContinue Reading
A clearer picture of Gabon’s public debt Gabon now has a more accurate view of what it owes. After an audit commissioned by the state and closed on 31 December 2025, the consolidated public debt stock was set at 9,524.643 billion FCFA, down from nearly 11,700 billion when the exerciseContinue Reading
Digitalisation du foncier au Gabon : le Ministre de l’Économie rejoint le protocole avec SNEDAI GROUPE par · 15 septembre 2026 éorte sur la mise en place d’un système foncier et cadastral entièrement informatisé, sécurisé et interconnecté. L’objectif est notamment de fiabiliser les données, d’améliorer la localisation des parcelles, deContinue Reading
The price of holding Niger’s pump prices still Keeping fuel affordable at the pump has a price, and Niger’s public accounts are now showing it. Fresh projections from the International Monetary Fund place the Société nationale des pétroles du Niger (SONIDEP) on course for a net loss of 28 billionContinue Reading
Colonel Jean-Pierre Otoulou took the witness stand to defend the conduct of his investigation into the death of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo. He insisted that he had gathered solid evidence, particularly regarding attempts by Bruno Bidjang—at the time an associate of businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, one of the main defendants—toContinue Reading
At least fifty Malian soldiers and five Russian paramilitaries serving with Africa Corps — the structure that took over from Wagner — were killed on Thursday 10 September when jihadist fighters overran the military camp at Dioura, in central Mali. Regional authorities confirmed the scale of the bloodshed on MondayContinue Reading
The prominent jihadist coalition Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has executed a deadly assault on a military convoy transporting personnel from the Russian African Corps and the Malian armed forces. The strike occurred on September 9 in the vicinity of Kaka, a village situated within the Mopti region. The lethalContinue Reading
The bilateral relationship between Bénin and the United Arab Emirates is entering a more active phase, particularly in the critical areas of defense and national security. The newly appointed Emirati ambassador, Hazza Mohamed Alqahtani, recently held a working session with Gildas Agonkan, the Minister Delegate to the President of BéninContinue Reading