France’s Persistent Role in Africa: The Other ‘Indispensable Nation’?

While recently attending a conference in Benin, the crisis in Mali still loomed large. The conflict in Mali had threatened to unravel the entire security situation in the Sahel and Western African nations spent much of the last year bickering whether a military intervention to save Bamako from approaching Islamist militias was feasible. In the […]

Algerian military rulers rehash diatribes against Morocco as economic crisis bites

The Algerian regime has been warmongering against Morocco in recent weeks describing the neighboring country as a “conventional enemy” at the gates in a bid to distract from a deepening social and economic crisis that is gradually eroding the authoritarian rule in Algeria. In its recent diatribe, the mouthpiece of the Algerian regime, El Djeich […]

Afreximbank poised to help Senegal raise $500m

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is in advanced discussion with Senegal’s oil refiner to raise $500 million in syndicated finance, a senior official of the bank told Reuters. The funds will be used to upgrade the company’s old refinery. Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR), is the oldest refinery of West Africa. The company has recently […]