The African Tribune

Boureima Amadou
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September 16, 2026
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Gabon’s public debt audit brings borrowing back under the CEMAC ceiling

Gabon now knows, with far greater precision, what it actually owes. The state’s public debt audit, whose cutoff date is 31 December 2025, has fixed the consolidated stock at 9,524.643…

Mariama Hamani
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September 15, 2026
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Digitalisation du foncier au Gabon : le Ministre de l’Économie rejoint le protocole avec SNEDAI GROUPE

Digitalisation du foncier au Gabon : le Ministre de l’Économie rejoint le protocole avec SNEDAI GROUPE par · 15 septembre 2026 éorte sur la mise en place d’un système foncier…

Boureima Amadou
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September 15, 2026
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Somaïr: Niger’s uranium crash and the logistics alibi

A flagship project sliding into industrial chaos Unveiled with great fanfare as proof that Niger had finally taken back control of its mineral wealth, the day-to-day operation of the Société…

Boureima Amadou
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September 15, 2026
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Niger’s barracks in revolt: defections, shortages and a deadly night with Africa Corps

Eighteen months after the 26 July 2023 putsch, the patriotic display mounted by Niger’s military leadership is visibly coming apart. Behind the sovereignist slogans and the parades organised by the…

Boureima Amadou
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September 15, 2026
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Sahel alliance’s regional debt passes 7,700 billion CFA francs as autonomy talk meets market reality

The three member states of the Alliance of Sahel States have not walked away from the regional bond market. The numbers suggest the opposite. As of 31 July 2026, Mali,…

Mariama Hamani
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September 15, 2026
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Benin’s schools reopen nationwide on 14 September as security calms and tuition stays free

On Monday 14 September 2026, Benin’s classrooms came back to life. Pupils and teachers returned to schools in every part of the country, restarting the daily routine of lessons, registrations…

Boureima Amadou
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September 15, 2026
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Niger’s fuel price freeze leaves SONIDEP facing a 28 billion FCFA shortfall in 2026

A price freeze that comes with a 28 billion FCFA invoice Holding petrol cheap at the pump is a political choice with a financial tail, and Niger’s public accounts are…

Mariama Hamani
News
September 15, 2026
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TEXFORCES-BF: Ibrahim Traoré’s industrial gamble with Burkina Faso pension money

Presented as a cornerstone of Burkina Faso’s drive for economic sovereignty and domestic industrialisation, the TEXFORCES-BF textile venture enjoys unmistakable official enthusiasm. Yet beneath the confident rhetoric, the way the…

Mariama Hamani
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September 15, 2026
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Niger’s external liabilities reach 12,900 billion FCFA, revealing a dependent economy

Official speeches in Niamey continue to celebrate a clean break with the old economic order, yet the figures compiled by the Central Bank of West African States paint a far…

Mariama Hamani
News
September 15, 2026
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A hot meal every school day for 1.9 million children in Benin

Benin’s school canteen programme has just changed scale. From the start of the 2026-2027 academic year, roughly 1.9 million pupils are receiving a warm meal on every day of class,…

Mariama Hamani
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September 15, 2026
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Algeria’s Sifi Grine in Bamako: how Assimi Goïta’s junta swallowed its pride

A handshake at Koulouba that conceals a fragile reality Algeria’s prime minister, Sifi Grine, spent Monday in Bamako, standing shoulder to shoulder with the man who now runs Mali, army…

Mariama Hamani
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September 15, 2026
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Cameroon: the Martinez Zogo case investigator finishes a decisive round of questioning

Colonel Otoulou defends his investigation on the stand Colonel Jean-Pierre Otoulou, the officer who steered the inquiry into the death of Cameroonian broadcaster Martinez Zogo, has completed a lengthy round…