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Can Mali’s humanitarian funding keep pace with escalating hunger? In Mali, the latest data paints a stark picture of social hardship. The World Food Programme (WFP) has raised an alarm over a funding shortfall of […]
Ten months after the military toppled him, Umaro Sissoco Embaló is preparing a return to Guinea-Bissau. The former president, who has been living in exile, has announced he will run in the presidential election scheduled […]
After nearly a month in Europe, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu landed back in Lagos on Tuesday, 29 September, just two days before Nigeria marks 66 years of independence. The timing raises a pressing question: […]
‘One does not liberate a people by silencing them.’ The interview granted by Ibrahim Traoré on 27 September 2026 to take stock of his four years in power primarily presented the official reading of his […]
In a dramatic escalation of tensions between state regulators and independent media, Cameroon’s National Communication Council (CNC) has suspended Vision 4 television for one month. The move follows a series of contentious broadcasts covering the […]
Regional actors unite in Abidjan to counter growing instability The Entente Council and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) have taken a decisive step to bolster regional security through a […]
Togo’s President Engages Congo’s Peace Envoy in Critical Regional Talk In a high-stakes diplomatic engagement, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé hosted Democratic Republic of Congo’s Regional Integration Minister Floribert Anzuluni in Lomé today. The meeting focused […]
Can Nigeria’s military campaign end the kidnapping economy in the north? That is the urgent question hanging over the country after armed men seized at least 87 people — most of them women — in […]
A Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber crashed on Tuesday, September 29, in the Amur region of Russia’s Far East during a training flight, killing six crew members. A seventh serviceman, described by local media as […]
As Cameroon’s finance minister, Louis Paul Motazé, outlined bold new priorities at the Diamond Capital Convention in Douala, one critical question looms: Can the region’s capital markets actually deliver the funding needed to transform local […]
The main building of the Grand marché d’Anié, the economic heartbeat of Togo’s Plateaux region, was completely engulfed in flames overnight and reduced to ashes while traders could only stand and watch. No lives were […]
Bamako — A sweeping new human rights investigation has cast a harsh light on more than a decade of conflict in Mali, asking a question that grows more urgent with every passing year: when civilians […]