Inside Gabon’s API-PNR rollout: what’s driving the passenger data push at Libreville airport
Le ministre d’État, ministre des Transports, de la Marine marchande et de la Logistique, Ulrich Manfombi Manfombi, a visité lundi les installations de Sécuriport à l’aéroport international Léon-Mba de Libreville. Cette visite vise à accélérer la mise en service du système API-PNR, un dispositif technologique destiné à renforcer le contrôleContinue Reading
Joseph Kabila’s calculated return: inside the DRC’s newest rebellion
En RDC, l’ex-président Joseph Kabila prend la tête de la rébellion dans l’est Partager Fermer Partager #URL Copier © Jospin Mwisha, AFP – L’ex-président de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Joseph Kabila, participe à une rencontre avec des responsables de différentes confessions religieuses dans l’une de ses résidences àContinue Reading
Inside Cameroon’s Geneva strategy: the funding gap driving Atanga Nji Paul’s refugee appeal
Afrique Genève : le Cameroun appelle à une solidarité internationale accrue face à la crise des réfugiés À Genève, le ministre camerounais Atanga Nji Paul a appelé la communauté internationale à intensifier son soutien financier et opérationnel face à la crise des réfugiés. Alwihda Info 12 oct. 2026 — 2Continue Reading
Inside the ECOWAS court’s renewal: what five new judges reveal about West Africa’s justice ambitions
Five magistrates were sworn in on 6 October 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria, to join the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Among them is Désiré Henri Aihou of Benin. They begin a four-year, non-renewable term. The composition of the new bench and how itContinue Reading
Behind the scenes of West African arms brokering: what the Montoya case reveals about Togo’s security market
Why does a name tied to a twenty-two-year-old bombing keep resurfacing at the exact moment Togo is scrambling to secure its northern border? The answer lies less in any single allegation than in the mechanics of a murky trade: private brokers who move between arms suppliers, political offices and militaryContinue Reading
Behind the Sahel displacement surge: why nearly 4 million are uprooted despite military promises
The scale of forced displacement across the central Sahel has reached a level that demands closer scrutiny. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) now places the combined number of displaced persons and refugees in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at close to four million —Continue Reading
Riyadh airport strikes: the deeper strategic logic behind the Houthi escalation
The missile and drone assault on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, claimed by Yemen’s Houthi movement, represents far more than a single deadly incident. It exposes the fault lines of a conflict that has been quietly widening for months — and signals that the war in Yemen is noContinue Reading
What lies beneath Faure Gnassingbé’s China visit: the real stakes for Togo
Behind the pomp of a Beijing trip: the deeper calculus for Togo When Faure Gnassingbé lands in China from 9 to 16 October 2026, the official narrative will emphasise a strategic partnership stretching back decades. Yet the more revealing question is not what will be signed, but what structural forcesContinue Reading
Inside the China-Togo economic embrace: what’s really driving the relationship
EconomieTogo L’empreinte chinoise gagne du terrain économique au Togo Noël Tadégnon 12/10/202612 octobre 2026 De Pékin à Lomé, la coopération chinoise s’affiche dans le commerce et les infrastructures, entre opportunités économiques et défis industriels. https://p.dw.com/p/5OAJh À Lomé, la présence chinoise se remarque jusque dans les habitudes de consommation. Dans lesContinue Reading
Inside Niger’s $203 million IMF deal: the forces shaping a pivotal financial moment
When Niger’s negotiators sat down with the International Monetary Fund in Niamey from September 28 to October 8, 2026, the discussions produced more than just a headline figure. The staff-level agreement on a new 38-month financing program worth roughly $203 million — equivalent to 150.02 million special drawing rights —Continue Reading
Inside Benin’s strategic move at the UN: what really lies behind Inès Hadonou-Toffoun’s election to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
The election of the Beninese jurist Inès Hadonou-Toffoun to the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council is far more than a personal accolade. Behind the scenes, it reveals a deliberate strategy by Benin to strengthen its footprint in multilateral human rights bodies and to ensure that AfricanContinue Reading
Inside Benin’s Vêdoko Interchange: Why Japan’s extra 10.8 billion FCFA matters
Inside the Vêdoko interchange funding: what the numbers reveal When Benin and Japan put pen to paper on a fresh grant agreement worth 10.8 billion FCFA on Friday, 9 October 2026, the headline figure was simple enough. Yet the story behind the Vêdoko interchange in Cotonou is more layered: thisContinue Reading