BY JIBRIL TURE President Trump threw a luncheon today, September 20, for a select few African heads of state and their foreign ministers at the Palace Hotel in New York … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Yesterday, September 19, the Togolese parliament adopted major political reforms limiting to a maximum of two terms the mandate of the president of the republic, and providing … Read More
BY LISA FRENCH A viral video seen so far by thousands of viewers shows Togolese security forces savagely beating citizens on the streets of Lome this Friday evening, specifically in the … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The recent abrupt two-month suspension of Cotonou mayor Lehady Soglo, followed, five days later, by his outright removal from office, has a lot—but not everything—to do with … Read More
BY JOEL TEUBISSI NOUTSA In an open letter to French president Emmanuel Macron, a Cameroonian cadre who attended the same elite French school of public administration as the president, Ecole … Read More
BY LOU SIFA President Patrice Talon of Benin attended mass this Sunday morning at Eglise Notre Dame des Apotres in Cotonou, an event that drew a crowd of onlookers. A … Read More
BY STEPHEN CHAN When Donald Trump was elected, almost no one in the US was thinking about Africa. People knew the swingeing State Department and foreign aid cuts the new … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU President Patrice Talon of Benin returned home Sunday after a lengthy, 24-day stay in France for medical treatment that triggered an explosion of vicious attacks on him … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Bringing back peace in the war-torn Central African Republic was the number one priority of presidential candidate Faustin-Archange Touadera during the hard-fought campaign that led to his … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The resignation, Monday, of Benin’s Minister Delegate for Defense, Candide Azannai, “to protest the latest political developments in our country,” added fuel to the growing social tension … Read More
