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Protests broke out during the night of September 7 to 8 in Banjul and several localities in Gambia to denounce prolonged power outages. The police used tear gas to disperse some gatherings.
Huawei Technologies appears starting Tuesday, September 8, before a federal court in Brooklyn in a large criminal case involving charges of racketeering, bank fraud, sanctions violations, and theft of trade secrets. The Chinese group pleads not guilty.
Before the National Assembly, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô placed the Senegal Vision 2050 at the heart of his general policy statement, against a backdrop of budgetary constraints and an agreement with the IMF.
The pan-African fund Africa50 aims to more than double the cumulative value of the infrastructure projects it supports, from approximately 9 billion dollars today to at least 20 billion over five years. Energy and power grids are among the priority sectors.
Amazon and Qualcomm have entered into a collaboration on chips designed for artificial intelligence data centers. The arrangement includes a warrant allowing the cloud giant to acquire up to 25 million Qualcomm shares.
The United Kingdom, France, and Canada announced on Tuesday national measures aimed at banning imports of goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a coordinated initiative intended to pressure against the expansion of settlements.
On Tuesday, September 8, Hungary ordered the departure of ten members of the Russian diplomatic mission in Budapest, accusing them of activities incompatible with their status. Moscow promised a response, while the Hungarian government assured it wants to maintain channels of dialogue with Russia. Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán stated that the ten diplomats had […]
The Council of Governors of Kenya announced on Tuesday, September 8, a preliminary agreement with the nurses’ union to end a national strike that has disrupted public hospitals for more than five weeks. The compromise notably includes an increase in several allowances but still needs to be formalized before work can effectively resume. In Nairobi, […]
The NSA, FBI, and CISA accuse DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI of having extensively extracted capabilities from American models. The agencies present these practices as a national security risk, while noting that distillation is a legitimate technique when authorized.
Equatorial Guinean police officers pointed their weapons at migrants expelled from the United States and held in a hotel in Malabo, according to three witnesses and footage reviewed by Reuters. The incident reignites concerns over U.S. expulsions to third countries.
Meta has launched Muse in the United States, an artificial intelligence agent capable of operating within connected applications, sending emails, booking trips, and making purchases with the user’s approval.
NATS says it has fixed the failure and assures that safety was not compromised, but disruptions continued after the system was restored.
Donald Trump told Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he wants to quickly end the war in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. The Russian president, for his part, assured that he harbors no aggressive plans against Europe, following a one-hour telephone conversation.
Three days after a bus accident that left 25 dead and 14 injured on the island of Fogo, Cape Verdean authorities are assessing the safety of the road to Chã das Caldeiras. Plans for guardrails and restrictions on heavy vehicles are under consideration.
The Walô Dance Center came alive on Saturday, September 5, to the rhythm of Beninese humor for the fourth edition of the festival “One Evening to Forget.” Organized by the collective Vitrines Bénin Humour, the event offered several engagements before concluding with a Gala of Laughter led by stand-up comedians Hermano Premier and Belronde Adjaho. […]
The former president of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, is expected in Ivory Coast starting Thursday, September 24, 2026. He will stay there as part of his mission as a facilitator for unity within the Celestial Christianity Church. According to an information note from the Ivory Coast diocese of the said church, the former […]
The deputies of the tenth legislature are summoned this Monday, September 7, 2026, at the Parliament headquarters in Porto-Novo for the opening of an extraordinary session. The main work will be devoted to the examination and adoption of the National Assembly’s budget for the 2027 fiscal year. The announcement of this session was made through […]
The former President of Benin, Boni Yayi, is currently in Berlin, Germany, for medical reasons, after being evacuated there on August 30th. In a statement released by his family on September 4, 2026, it was indicated that the former head of state was suffering from a herniated disc. He underwent surgery lasting approximately seven hours […]
Preparations for the start of the school year are well underway. In anticipation of the reopening of classes, a pedagogical day of reflection and consultation has been announced. As the start of the school year approaches, the Ministry of Preschool and Primary Education (MEMP) has officially announced the holding of a pedagogical day for reflection […]
The illegal business activities of a young chemistry student were halted on Thursday, September 3, 2026, by officers from the Parakou police station, 1st arrondissement. For several weeks, a suspect had been operating in the Koburu area, setting up a makeshift distillery in the back room of a house in the Albarika neighborhood. She was […]
