Banking and finance penetration in Africa has generally been slow until very recently. However, it has been growing lately and is on the rise, and as of 2022, it provided some kind of service to

The coup in Gabon is a stark reminder across Central Africa that no leader is safe. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, an aging and sick president, has been ousted by the military with a great deal

France is planning to intervene in Niger, as it continues to deploy troops to several countries in the region, the West African state’s military government has claimed. Relations between Niger and former colonial power France

Ancien ministre d’Ali Bongo, l’économiste avait rejoint la plate-forme de l’opposition à la dernière élection présidentielle, avant de s’en désolidariser. Les paris allaient bon train depuis que l’on savait le nouvel homme fort du Gabon,

Au Sénégal, Youssou N’Dour, le célèbre chanteur et patron du groupe de presse Futur Médias (GFM), a démissionné de son poste de ministre-conseiller du président de la République, Macky Sall, et a quitté la coalition

Sudan’s army chief traveled to Qatar on Thursday for talks with the country’s emir, making his third international trip since fighting broke out between the military and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, media reports

Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is free and can travel abroad for medical treatment, the country’s junta said as it appointed a

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Euphoric crowds in the streets of Gabon and Niger have been celebrating military coups in recent weeks. The same scenes of postcoup jubilation erupted in Burkina Faso last year, and in Mali the year before.