A stark milestone that unsettles the official narrative The Russian paramilitary contingent in Mali, initially deployed under the Wagner banner and now operating as Africa…
View More Mali: Africa Corps has lost 358 troops in three years, exceeding French losses by sixfold
The capitals of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have loudly proclaimed an ideological break with traditional Western powers, the United States and France foremost…
View More The $410 million US migration deal pulling the AES toward Washington
On the occasion of Independence Day, the address to the nation by the President of the Transition, General Assimi Goïta, struck a triumphant tone. Between…
View More Mali: Assimi Goïta’s independence speech fact-checked against reality
The JNIM strike on Sévaré air base and the Konna military camp has laid bare a hard truth: Mali’s security architecture, despite heavy investment and…
View More Sévaré attack exposes hard limits of Mali’s military strategy
In October 2026, Benin will export its first 250,000-barrel crude oil cargo from the offshore Sèmè field. This milestone marks the country’s return to the…
View More Benin’s Sèmè field ships first crude cargo in October 2026
A century of life and literary impact The Beninese and African literary world is marking an exceptional milestone. Born on 20 September 1926 in Ouidah,…
View More Olympe Bhêly-Quenum: 100 years of life and literary legacy
The fallout from Liam Rosenior’s mid-season exit to Chelsea dominated the airwaves this weekend, with a Ligue 1 review panel weighing in on the tense…
View More Rosenior’s Chelsea switch: Strasbourg fans vent as Ligue 1 review panel weighs in
On 20 September 2026, a joint patrol of Malian armed forces (FAMa) and Russian Africa Corps paramilitaries was ambushed on a dusty track between Diabali…
View More Molodo ambush: Africa Corps flees, leaving vehicles and hard questions for Bamako
Ukraine’s strike on the Moscow region marks a new phase in the war. By targeting oil infrastructure and a logistics site, Kyiv is going after…
View More Moscow under drone fire: war returns to the heart of Russia
The new board of Benin’s Health Sector Regulatory Authority (ARS) was officially installed on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Marina Palace in Cotonou. The…
View More Benin’s ARS sworn in for second term with health standards enforcement as its core missionMass displacement into Donga-Mantung More than 600 Nigerians have crossed the border into Cameroon’s North West Region, settling in Nwa, a locality in Donga-Mantung Division.…
View More Over 600 Nigerians flee into Cameroon’s North West as Mambila-Peul clashes intensify
Abdoulaye Koné dies at 91: Ivory Coast loses a state servant and economic memory Abdoulaye Koné, former Minister of Economy and Finance under President Félix…
View More Abdoulaye Koné dies at 91: Ivory Coast loses a state servant and economic memory