The decree signed on 15 September 2026 by General Abdourahamane Tiani fools no one. Dressed up, without much conviction, as a simple “technical reorganisation”, this…
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A violent mutiny at Air Base 101 in Niamey in late August left at least 13 members of the Presidential Guard dead and numerous others…
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An Algerian military helicopter bombed an artisanal gold-mining site on the Niger-Algeria border, killing at least 48 civilians. The raid, and Niamey’s refusal to react,…
View More Algerian helicopter strike on Niger border kills 48 gold miners as Niamey stays silent
In Burkina Faso, the memory of Thomas Sankara now occupies a place far beyond that of a historical legacy. It has become a structural element…
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Dawn gunfire on the banks of the Niger river at Gao The shooting started just after sunrise on Tuesday 15 September 2026, on the outskirts…
View More Gao massacre: Africa Corps kills 167 civilians and torches 127 motorbikes by the Niger river
Three governments, one shared political script, and a bond market that keeps telling a different story. As of 31 July 2026, Burkina Faso, Mali and…
View More Sahel alliance debt: 7,727 billion FCFA still circulating on the regional market
Unveiled as a flagship of Burkina Faso’s economic sovereignty and its drive to industrialise at home, the Texforces-bf textile venture has generated a wave of…
View More Texforces-bf: Ibrahim Traoré bets Burkina Faso’s retirees’ money on a textile gamble
In Niamey, the official line keeps celebrating a clean break with the old economic order. The consolidated accounts say something else entirely. At the close…
View More Niger’s external liabilities top 12,900 billion FCFA as financial dependence deepens
When the 2026-2027 school year opened in Benin, the country’s school canteen scheme crossed a fresh milestone: 1.9 million children now sit down to a…
View More Benin’s school canteens now feed 1.9 million children
Algeria’s prime minister, Sifi Grine, travelled to Bamako on Monday for an official visit, standing shoulder to shoulder with the man who runs Mali, army…
View More Sifi Grine in Bamako: why Algeria’s visit forces Assimi Goïta’s junta to lower its tone
“True sovereignty,” General Yacouba Isaac Zida states bluntly, “is not about picking which power you depend on — it is about building the means to…
View More Swapping patrons is not freedom: the sovereignty illusion under Ibrahim Traoré
Niamey en ébullition : des sachets d’eau saccagés pour dire non à Moscou Des milliers de sachets d’eau potable, destinés aux combattants d’Africa Corps, ont…
View More Niger : la rue de Niamey se soulève contre les troupes russes après des tirs sur l’armée