A new officers’ school in Ouagadougou, built around strategic sovereignty, sits uneasily beside the displacement figures it has yet to reverse Burkina Faso has begun
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Gabon opens EU fisheries talks after scrapping old pact
Gabon’s government has formally authorised negotiations with the European Union on a fresh sustainable fisheries partnership, tasking Fisheries Minister Aimé Martial Massamba with leading the
S&P holds Cameroon at B-/B, warning that political succession is now the main risk
Standard & Poor’s has kept Cameroon’s sovereign rating at “B-/B” with a stable outlook, a decision that puts the political transition in Yaoundé at the
Senegal’s 2026 revised finance bill: national assembly confirms receipt after three-day delay
Senegal’s 2026 revised finance bill: national assembly confirms receipt after three-day delay Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô had instructed Minister of Economy, Finance and
Mali: JNIM’s Dioura attack shatters army’s official narrative
A direct challenge to Bamako’s official account When Mali’s chief of defence staff dismissed the situation at Dioura with the curt claim that “there is
Niger: opposing Tiani’s junta means losing your citizenship
In Niger, nationality has become a revocable privilege granted and withdrawn at the whim of the ruler. Since the military takeover by the National Council
Benin and Spain: a cultural pact built on art and diplomacy
Between Cotonou and Madrid, the connection now flows with the clarity and force of serious ambition. By exploring fresh avenues of cultural cooperation, Benin and
Niger: Tiani’s post-coup purge strips 25 citizens of nationality
Five more Nigeriens have been stripped of their citizenship under a decree signed on 17 September, bringing the total to 25 in a crackdown that
Niger: 1.8 billion FCFA monthly military fund at centre of Tiani-Mody-Zeine power struggle
At the highest levels of Niger’s government, a fierce battle is being waged over a military mechanism whose stakes go far beyond security alone. At
Mali press reform: a decade of internal division behind the employers’ consensus
A reconciliation forced by crisis, not progress The display of unity around the recent employers’ consultations and the planned prefiguration cell for media self-regulation does
Niger’s Tiani draws closer to anti-Haftar camp in southern Libya
General Abdourahamane Tiani is no longer limiting his ambitions to defending power in Niamey. The rise of Mohamed Wardougou — a former ally of Khalifa
Niger’s defense money: inside the 1.8 billion FCFA monthly question over the CFPD
A single decree, signed on 9 May 2024, created a new military command. A financing formula buried in its articles pointed to as much as