As crude oil continues to underpin Niger’s economic ambitions, a reported spill in the Diffa region is forcing uncomfortable questions to the surface. The leak
Year: 2026
Can Burkina Faso’s pivot to Moscow deliver real sovereignty, or is it trading one dependency for another?
In an interview broadcast in late September on BF1 TV, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, ruled out any prospect of normalising diplomatic relations
Who really pays when influencers endorse real estate? the Rita Djédjé case and Côte d’Ivoire’s 320 million FCFA fraud dilemma
What happens when the faces you trust on social media become the faces of a criminal investigation? That question sits at the heart of a
Can Paris and Niamey keep any diplomatic channel open after two Nigerien agents were expelled?
When French authorities declared two Nigerien intelligence officers persona non grata, the move exposed just how far the relationship between Paris and Niamey has deteriorated.
Can a single guide reshape local security in the DRC?
By Claire Mvondo — Journalist
Can West Africa’s banks recover 1.9 billion FCFA lost between Dakar and Abidjan?
How did 1.9 billion CFA francs slip through the cracks between two of West Africa’s most established banking markets? That is the pressing question confronting
What does Oryx Energies’ $1 billion sale mean for Africa’s fuel supply?
What happens when a company that keeps fuel flowing across more than 20 African countries changes hands? That is the question at the heart of
Senegal’s leadership crisis: can Diomaye Faye and Sonko ever reconcile?
By Claire Mvondo — Journalist
Will the DRC’s churches answer Tshisekedi’s call for peace and national renewal?
By Claire Mvondo — Journalist
Benin’s healthcare boost: fourteen new clinics and a revamped Ouidah maternity ward
Can Benin’s latest investment in healthcare infrastructure truly close the most critical gaps? That’s the question raised by the government’s recent approval to build fourteen
Can Togo’s 54-year partnership with China deliver real returns after Faure Gnassingbé’s seventh visit?
By Claire Mvondo — Journalist