Benin secures $730 million AIIB funding pipeline: the untold strategic rationale The government of Benin and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have finalized a
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Niger’s media crackdown: one month after Moussa Kaka’s arrest, behind the state’s silencing tactics
The disappearance and detention of Moussa Kaka, a renowned Nigerien journalist and longtime correspondent, has exposed the deepening cracks in the nation’s press freedom. For
What is the real cost of Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto social truce in Mali?
When Barrick Gold announced the suspension of the strike notice at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex, the headline news suggested a breakthrough in labour relations. But
Niger’s jailing of lawyer Abdourahamane Lirwana: is free speech now a crime in the country?
What does it mean when a lawyer can be jailed for expressing an opinion on social media? In Niger, the arrest and imprisonment of Maître
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,
Will Benin’s UCESIF gambit in Bucharest pay off for francophone social dialogue?
Can a single delegation, in a single week, redirect the course of francophone social policy? That is the question hanging over Bucharest as Benin’s official
Niger’s sovereignty paradox: can the junta’s UN rhetoric survive the SOMAÏR and SONIDEP collapse?
A defining dilemma for Niger’s military rulers What happens when a regime’s most powerful narrative collides with the cold arithmetic of its own industrial failures?
South Africa’s mass shooting crisis: can Johannesburg and Cape Town ever feel safe again?
South Africa has been plunged into mourning once more after a burst of gun violence left at least 27 people dead in two separate attacks
Senegal’s December 2, 2026: will Diomaye Faye dissolve parliament or play the long game?
Senegal’s December 2, 2026: will Diomaye Faye dissolve parliament or play the long game? On December 2, 2026, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will finally hold
Senegal’s 2026 budget revision: can Dakar still rescue its growth and investment agenda?
Senegal’s revised 2026 finance bill, submitted to the National Assembly on 18 September 2026, embodies a harsh recalibration of Dakar’s budgetary ambitions. Projected growth has
Senegal’s 2026 revised budget: a trap vote for Pastef or a necessary evil?
Premium article Senegal’s 2026 revised budget: a trap vote for Pastef or a necessary evil? What if the most consequential vote in Senegal’s National Assembly