BY CHARLES HANKLA Not too long ago, President Donald Trump seemed to be on the cusp of a trade deal with China. A couple of threatening tweets and an escalation of tariffs later, the odds of … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE On Wednesday, the day following the unprecedented post-election violence that shook Cotonou causing at least three deaths up to then, foreign affairs minister Aurelien Agbenonci convened a … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE (With reporting by Ibrahim Diallo) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 1 May kicked off a three-nation tour of West Africa, with Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali as her … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The violence triggered in the central and northern regions of Benin by the controversial 28 April’s legislative election from which the opposition parties were all excluded spread … Read More
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BATANA 2018 was a year full of political developments in Togo, both on the domestic and the international fronts. On the domestic front, the legislative elections held on … Read More
BY LOU SIFA (Reporting by Daniel Assogba) With the Internet and social media restored Monday morning after being cut off during the legislative election held on Sunday in Benin, a real … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU (Reporting by Damien Assogba) It was the bad dream the vast majority of Beninese hoped would not come true, but it is happening: the legislative elections from … Read More
BY MARK M. SMITH Amidst the furor over former Vice President Biden’s handsy habits – and with examples of inappropriate touching by current and former U.S. presidents still lingering – it might be a … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN The African Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (AFFEED), an organization founded a few years ago by Dr. Samuel Mathey to promote entrepreneurship and the concept of … Read More
BY TONY KWAME ANSAH, JR. Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr. was born thirty-eight years ago in the United States of Ghanaian parents who migrated here decades ago. Despite his young age, … Read More
