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As the 2026 rainy season approaches, Niger’s authorities are sounding an urgent alarm. The Operational Center for Monitoring, Alerting, and Crisis Management (COVACC), under the Ministry of Interior, is urging…
Chad’s President, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, vowed unwavering action, declaring, « We will continue this fight with renewed resolve until this threat is completely eliminated ». His statement came in…
File generated on After years of heated debates and persistent tensions between the executive branch and opposition groups, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) in Côte d’Ivoire has been officially dissolved.…
The city of N’Djamena is hosting the fifth tripartite forum bringing together Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to address key challenges in regional transit and trade. This high-level…
The asset declaration mandate has once again emerged as a litmus test for the credibility of Senegal’s executive branch. Insider reports from Dakar reveal that multiple ministers within the current…
The Senegalese judiciary has taken a decisive step in examining a 45 billion CFA franc arms procurement contract signed during the previous administration. Two individuals implicated in the case have…
Reading time: 2 minutes A dozen road transport companies have halted services to and from Bamako after jihadist groups imposed a crippling road blockade around the capital and torched multiple…
The Minister of Mines in the Tchad, Fatimé Haram Acyl, recently highlighted the groundbreaking strides made by the National Mining and Marketing Company (SONEMIC) during the presentation of its annual…
The political movement ADCI has strongly criticized the sudden travel ban imposed on its president, Assalé Tiémoko Antoine, preventing him from boarding a flight to Canada on May 11, 2026.…
The industrial sector in Senegal is proving to be a major driver of economic growth. Recent economic data reveals a remarkable 23.9% year-on-year increase in industrial production for September 2025,…
In Mali, the blockade enforced by Jnim, a jihadist organization linked to al-Qaïda, has reached a new and alarming level. Over the past weekend, at least a dozen intercity buses…
In Mali, the jihadist group Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM)—affiliated with al-Qaeda—has escalated its blockade of Bamako, pushing the capital’s economic lifelines to a breaking point. Over the past…