Category: Actualités

Bissau – The political standoff in Guinea-Bissau has intensified dramatically after the military junta categorically refused to allow former president Umaro Sissoco Embaló to return from exile, drawing sharp reactions from across the political spectrum and raising fresh questions about the country’s already fragile transition. Embaló, who has been in exile since his ouster, recently broke his silence to announce his intention to return to Bissau and run in the presidential election planned for later this year. The military leadership responded swiftly, issuing a statement that condemned what it called…

A global ranking that has changed the conversation Benin’s jump to 19th place among the world’s tourism destinations has triggered a wave of reactions across West Africa and beyond. The ranking, which places this small coastal nation ahead of far larger economies, has become a talking point in government corridors, hotel lobbies and university lecture halls alike. For many observers, the story is no longer simply about tourism — it is about what a determined African state can achieve when political will meets cultural ambition. Cotonou and Porto-Novo have pursued…

LOMÉ — The fallout from the catastrophic sewage pipe explosion at Lomé’s Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport is only beginning to be understood, but the public debate is already raging. What started as an ordinary afternoon at the terminal descended into a full-blown sanitary disaster, and now questions are piling up faster than the cleanup crews can pump out the filth. The incident has sparked widespread indignation, with calls for accountability and urgent action to prevent a repeat. How the rupture unfolded and what it exposed Reports from the scene indicate…