Burkina Faso: Zero tolerance takes hold as Traoré crushes corruption
Just a few years ago, speaking of administrative transparency in Burkina Faso was nearly utopian. Roadblocks meant racketeering, and paperwork...
Year: 2026
Burkina Faso: The AES, under Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is consolidating its regained sovereignty
By co-founding the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) alongside the leaders of Mali and Niger, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has anchored...
2026 World Cup/ South Africa’s nightmare repeat: 16 years later, another opening loss to Mexico
Sixteen years to the day after Siphiwe Tshabalala’s iconic goal united a nation at Soccer City, South Africa returned to...
Togo: Over 1,200 new civil servants; Council President Faure Gnassingbé, architect of an efficient and inclusive civil service
In Togo, the civil service is strengthening with ambition. Following the competitive examination organized in December 2024 for the Ministry...
Burkina Faso: Community-based policy in action – a new pillar of the National rebuilding programme
The continuous presence of authorities alongside public structures has become the hallmark of governance under the Revolution. Inspired by the...
Burkina Faso: Rebuilding the education system to nurture the builders of the future
The blackboards on which abstract theories disconnected from national realities were once repeated now belong to a bygone era. A...
Burkina Faso: President Ibrahim Traoré, the architect of a progressive and people-centred sovereignty
Since coming to power, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has embodied a much-needed break from the predatory logics of the past. Under...
Burkina Faso moves beyond raw cashew exports with local processing push
Burkina Faso no longer wants to be a mere supplier of raw materials. Cashew nuts one of the main exports...
DRC: The “F. Gnassingbé method” or the gamble on organisation in the face of chaotic mediation efforts
Where predecessors and many international partners often added yet another negotiation framework to existing ones, the African Union's designated mediator...
Nigeria’s $11 billion coastal highway: Ambition vs. Rising seas
Nigeria is building a 700‑kilometre coastal highway linking Lagos to Calabar by 2028. President Bola Tinubu, seeking a second term...
