Talon’s Senate Return Tests Benin’s Institutional Power Balance
Patrice Talon's election as Benin's first Senate president places the former leader back at the centre of power and tests…
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Tinubu’s 80% Soldier Pay Rise Tests Nigeria’s Security Budget Strategy
President Bola Tinubu's approval of up to 80 percent pay increases for Nigerian soldiers puts military morale, fiscal discipline and…
Mali’s $883m Mining Fund Tests Africa’s Resource-Sovereignty Playbook
Mali's plan to use mining reforms to raise up to $883 million for infrastructure is a test of resource sovereignty,…
Mali’s $883m Mining Fund Tests Africa’s Resource-Sovereignty Playbook
Mali's plan to use mining reforms to raise up to $883 million for infrastructure is a test of resource sovereignty,…
Ghana’s Cocoa Land Bill Tests Farmer Rights and Export Security
Ghana's bill to criminalise unauthorised conversion of cocoa farms puts farmer rights, illegal mining enforcement and export security on a…
Moussa Mara’s Release Tests Mali’s Space for Civilian Politics
Former Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara's release from prison has reopened a difficult question for Mali: whether civilian politics still…
Ghana’s Cocoa Output Warning Tests West Africa’s Chocolate Supply Chain
Ghana's warning that cocoa production could fall by at least 16 percent next season puts West Africa's farm resilience and…
Ghana’s Cocoa Output Warning Tests West Africa’s Chocolate Supply Chain
Ghana's warning that cocoa production could fall by at least 16 percent next season puts West Africa's farm resilience and…
Guinea’s Eco Currency Opt-Out Tests West Africa’s Monetary Union Ambition
Guinea's decision to opt out of the planned ECOWAS eco single currency turns West Africa's monetary union project into a…
Nigeria’s Meth Lab Raids Put West Africa’s Crime Economy on Alert
Nigeria's dismantling of industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratories has exposed a deeper West African security and business risk: transnational cartels are using…
Nigeria’s Coup-Plot Court Martial Tests Africa’s Civilian Rule
Nigeria's military court martial of officers accused of a coup plot has become a major test of civilian rule, due…
Benin’s Wadagni Era Tests Africa’s Growth-and-Freedom Bargain
Romuald Wadagni's presidency gives Benin a technocratic growth mandate, but the real test is whether economic reform can coexist with…