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The Executive Director of the Vaccine Alliance, Sania Nishtar, announced on Friday in Abuja a commitment of over $500 million over five years to support vaccination campaigns in Nigeria. She spoke following a meeting with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. This…

Four years after its entry into the Ethiopian market, Safaricom is nearing financial balance. Its local subsidiary is showing triple-digit growth and confirms its goal of achieving operating balance by March 2027. In the three months ending in June, the…

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has officially opened the competitive recruitment for the 2026 session for high school graduates to access public university schools and institutes. Initiated by Minister Sèdami Mèdégan Fagla, this process is aimed at…

West Africa needs to mobilize between 90 and 100 billion dollars per year to achieve its development goals, according to the African Development Bank’s 2026 regional report. However, the institution estimates that the region does not primarily suffer from a…

After about ten days of protests, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has suspended inter-ministerial decree No. 015 setting the rates for fees, taxes, and charges related to the digital sector. The text, issued on July 20, 2026, at the…

Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.54 billion to reach $15.4 billion as of July 30, 2026, according to data released on Friday by the Central Bank of Kenya. This increase strengthens the country’s capacity to finance its imports and…

Since December 2025, the Chinese company Fuhai Energy has been associated with the Barracuda gas project, located off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. The company aims to participate in the exploitation of promising reserves, but its involvement in the project…

Morocco released its first assessment of the migration crisis that erupted nearly five days earlier at the border with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday. The Interior Ministry claims that 40,000 people attempted to cross the border illegally, while…

The World Bank has announced an initial funding package of $425 million to finance the modernization of the road corridor linking Douala, Cameroon, to Bangui, Central African Republic. Work on the Cameroonian section of this strategic axis, which spans approximately…

After their official installation and the adoption of their internal regulations on July 30, the members of the new high parliamentary chamber are preparing for a key step. Following the study of the compliance of the internal regulations with the…

A few days after the installation of its members, the Senate will soon have its internal regulations. The document will be reviewed this Monday, August 3, 2026, by the Constitutional Court. The seven sages are meeting in session today to…

On the occasion of the second edition of the Diaspora Connect Forum held in Cotonou, the president of the Vodun Rites Committee, Professor Mahougnon Kakpo, announced the extension of the Vodun Days Festival. Previously celebrated over three days, the event…

After several months of intense activities, the Beninese executive takes a break. The President of the Republic and members of the government have officially been on vacation since August 1, 2026. Established under the presidency of Patrice Talon, this annual…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, artisanal mining sustains many people, but remains low in productivity and difficult to regulate. The lack of financial resources particularly hampers its evolution towards a small mechanized mine, which is considered to be more…

The International Monetary Fund has announced a new disbursement of about $1.7 billion in favor of Egypt. This brings the total amount allocated to the country under agreements with the institution to $7.3 billion. The payment comes after the completion…

In Africa, projects funded by the World Bank regularly face execution delays and are subject to insufficient monitoring of their results. In this context, the mere disbursement rate no longer fully appreciates the impact of interventions on beneficiary populations. The…

The prolonged absence of Cameroonian President Paul Biya raises new questions as the head of state has been out of the country for nearly two months. The government assured on Sunday that he is alive and that there is no…

The President of the Republic, Romuald Wadagni, has granted a measure of clemency to 369 individuals convicted by Beninese courts. The list of recipients, distributed across several penitentiary establishments in the country, has been made public. In Benin, 369 convicted…

On the occasion of the celebration of the sixty-sixth anniversary of Benin’s independence, the President of the Republic, Romuald Wadagni, has decided to exercise the right of pardon granted to him by the Constitution by showing clemency to three hundred…

Applications for parish council elections are submitted on Monday in Uganda, against a backdrop of violence and irregularities observed during the first stage of the local vote. A new election must be organized in 1,135 villages following disputes related to…

Financed 90% by China, the railway connecting Mombasa to Nairobi remains at the center of debates in Kenya regarding the sustainability of public debt, several years after its inauguration. The railway line, touted as the most modern in the country,…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has extended the temporary restrictions on the import of grey cement and clinker in the western and south-eastern regions of the country. The measures also concern the import of lime in the south-eastern part.…

A drone struck the port of Damietta on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt on Wednesday, July 29, causing a fire aboard two gas vessels, the Egyptian government announced on Thursday. A preliminary investigation established that the incident was caused by…

The evolution of the jihadist threat in West Africa raises questions about the financing, equipment, and mobility capacities of armed groups. In Nigeria, the persistence of the insurgency in the Lake Chad basin is now accompanied by increased pressure in…

The Beninese activist Julien Kandé Kansou, a member of the communication cell of the opposition party Les Démocrates, regained his freedom on Saturday after receiving a presidential pardon granted by the head of state Romuald Wadagni, on the occasion of…

On the occasion of the national holiday on August 1st, the President of the Republic, Romuald Wadagni, granted a presidential pardon to Julien Kandé Kansou. The writer and activist of the opposition party Les Démocrates, who was sentenced in April…

Benin celebrated, on Saturday, August 1, 2026, the 66th anniversary of its accession to international sovereignty. Organized on the Boulevard de la Marina in Cotonou, the official ceremony was marked by several strong sequences, both institutionally and symbolically. The first…

On the occasion of the 66th anniversary of national sovereignty in Benin, President Romuald Wadagni delivered his first official speech on August 1st as head of state. In his statement, which he intended to be deliberately understated, Romuald Wadagni placed…

On the occasion of the traditional National Message delivered on August 1, 2026, Benin’s national holiday, the President of the Republic, Romuald Wadagni, took a moment to honor the memory and dedication of the members of the armed forces and…

On the eve of the celebration of the 66th anniversary of Benin’s independence, Kamel Ouassagari reflected on the journey since 1960. Without ignoring the challenges faced, the member of the party Les Démocrates believes that the country must draw on…