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Month: October 2026
Can Gabon’s new Ocea fleet truly secure its maritime sovereignty?
By AMINA SALEY — Journalist
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Burkina Faso’s $40 billion dilemma: can sovereignty and market debt coexist?
On October 7, 2026, Burkina Faso’s government tapped private investors on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UMOA) market for 40 billion CFA francs.…
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Can Niger dismiss a nationwide fuel shortage as mere rumor?
Is Niger truly the only nation where a fuel shortage can be witnessed in the streets yet erased from official statements? As supply difficulties intensify…
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Can Benin’s 4,757 billion FCFA budget for 2027 deliver on its promises?
The government of Benin has taken a decisive step in preparing the 2027 fiscal year by submitting its draft finance bill to the National Assembly…
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Can Benin win its next heritage battle with France?
Can Benin turn the page on colonial-era losses by reclaiming 35 more cultural treasures from France? That is the question now driving relations between Cotonou…
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Far North Cameroon: What is driving Boko Haram’s renewed attacks?
By IBRAHIM OUMAROU — Journalist
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Why did Anicet Ekane wait for Issa Tchiroma Bakary in Yaoundé?
By AMINA SALEY — Journalist
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Chad’s solar gamble: can photovoltaics break the thermal energy deadlock?
By IBRAHIM OUMAROU — Journalist
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Can Angola’s renewed backing shift the security crisis in eastern DRC?
By AMINA SALEY — Journalist
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Can Europe’s first trade mission to Benin turn ambition into lasting investment?
Can a single three-day trade mission reshape the economic ties between Benin and Europe? That is the question hanging over Cotonou this week, as the…
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Cotonou’s port advantage: can 36 to 72 hours become West Africa’s new normal?
West African port hubs are suffocating under record congestion, yet Benin’s maritime gateway is quietly rewriting the rules. At the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, a…
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