Can a single 729-kilometer road determine the economic fate of an entire region? For Benin, that question is no longer theoretical. With the Autonomous Port…
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Can Niger’s junta protect anyone? 500 worshippers abducted after Friday prayers expose a growing security void
On 21 August 2026, Niger crossed a line that many feared but few could imagine. As worshippers filed out of Friday prayers, gunmen surrounded several…
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Has Nigeria’s military finally broken the jihadist grip in the northeast?
The Nigerian Armed Forces have delivered a crushing blow to Boko Haram and ISWAP in the Lake Chad region, raising a critical question: can these…
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Can Benin turn a Paris bookstore into a cultural crossroads for 26 days?
From 22 September to 17 October 2026, Fnac Saint-Lazare in Paris will host a 26-day spotlight on Benin. Can a commercial bookstore transform itself into…
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What does Wadagni’s Gisozi tribute really signal for Benin-Rwanda relations?
KIGALI — Benin’s president Romuald Wadagni opened a two-day official visit to Rwanda on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, his first diplomatic trip of this kind…
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Thomas Sankara’s memory: an icon for Africa, a family left behind?
A grandiose ceremony for a contested memory On 17 May 2025, Burkina Faso inaugurated with great fanfare the mausoleum of Thomas Sankara and his twelve…
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Burkina Faso: can a self-declared 85% efficiency score survive contact with reality?
Picture a civil servant in a provincial town in Burkina Faso, arriving at an office with no electricity, no working internet connection and no stationery,…
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Algerian helicopter strike on Niger border kills 48 gold miners as Niamey stays silent
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,…
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In Burkina Faso, the Sankara family and the memory a state seeks to claim
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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Gao massacre: Africa Corps kills 167 civilians and torches 127 motorbikes by the Niger river
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…
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Niger’s uranium slide: at Somaïr, an industrial breakdown dressed up as a logistics problem
Held up as the definitive proof that Niger had finally taken its resources back into its own hands, the daily operation of the Société des…
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Defections, shortages and Russian bullets: inside the collapse of Niger’s military morale
The barracks are no longer loyal More than eighteen months after the 26 July 2023 coup, the patriotic façade displayed by Niger’s military government is…
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