Ten months after Umaro Sissoco Embaló was removed from office by the military, the former president is preparing an attempted comeback. From exile, he has
Year: 2026
Can a $20 million bounty take down Ukraine’s drone war architect?
What does it mean when a single commander becomes worth more than an entire weapons system? That is the uncomfortable question at the heart of
Gabon’s UN funding in 2025: can 10.5 billion CFA francs deliver real change?
In a rare direct exchange with the media, the United Nations System in Gabon has laid out how it spent its 2025 budget — and
Can Tinubu’s Lagos homecoming before Nigeria’s 66th independence day reshape his 2027 path?
Lagos, 29 September 2026 — Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country on Tuesday, 29 September, after spending nearly a month in Europe.
Can Benin turn a €500 million loan into lasting social change?
What does it take for a developing country to secure major international financing on favorable terms? Benin has just answered that question by raising €500
Burkina Faso: what does Ibrahim Traoré’s four-year record truly mean for the displaced and the silenced?
On 27 September 2026, Ibrahim Traoré granted an interview to present the balance sheet of his four years in power. The exercise offered, above all,
Cameroon’s Vision 4 suspension: does silencing a broadcaster protect the Martinez Zogo trial or undermine press freedom?
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Thali oil permit: can Prime Global Energies’ $15 million rescue finally unlock Cameroon’s stalled Njom-3 well?
Cameroon’s Thali offshore oil permit has reached a critical crossroads, and the question on everyone’s lips is whether the entry of Prime Global Energies can
Can West Africa’s peace hold without the Entente Council and UNOWAS pact?
What does it take to keep a region from sliding further into instability? That question hung over Abidjan-Cocody on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, as the
Can Lomé’s quiet diplomacy finally deliver peace to eastern DRC?
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé granted an audience in Lomé to Floribert Anzuluni, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Regional
Can Nigeria’s security forces ever shut down the kidnapping economy in the north?
Two days. Two raids. At least 87 people seized, most of them women. That is the stark arithmetic behind the latest mass abductions to hit
What does the loss of a Tu-95 strategic bomber in Russia’s Amur region mean for Moscow’s long-range strike power?
A deadly training flight in Russia’s Far East raises hard questions for Moscow’s bomber fleet A Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber crashed on Tuesday, September