BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU UPDATED ON 4 JULY 2018 On 30 October 2016, Ivorian voters approved a new constitution which reaffirmed the two-term limit of the previous one. So, when President Alassane Ouattara, whose second...
BY NICK CATLIN The journey to becoming an Olympic athlete, for most, is a lifelong pursuit. It might start as a distant dream born out of the inspirational performances of your idols at previous...
BY USMAN MAMA This edition of FIFA World Cup is really interesting. The results seemed to be easy to foresee, but many “bigs” have had many difficulties in their first game. Germany lost against...
BY JEAN-PHILLIPE BERNARD (editing by Lou Sifa) It was a David vs. Goliath sort of challenge, but, contrary to the biblical story, the winner here is Goliath. In a much-anticipated vote to pick the...
BY SAM TREASURE “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in...
BY LOU SIFA According to a customized research led by MECN, the gambling business is expected to grow in the next years in the African market. The firm published their Online Gambling Quarterly report,...
BY FILIP REYNTJENS Rwanda keeps surprising. Recently the Rwandan Development Board signed a sleeve sponsoring deal with London Premier League club, Arsenal. Over a three-year period, the 200 sq centimetre ad “Visit Rwanda” will cost the...
BY LOU SIFA (Updated on 2 June.) Checks and balances—a notion rooted in the separation of powers to ensure no one branch of government has too much power to be able to control another—are...
Coined the ‘democratic lab of Africa,’ Benin is the theater of a thriving democracy with striking paradoxes. BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The former French colony of Dahomey, which was renamed Benin in 1975, was coined...
BY IDRISS SESAY In a phone call yesterday to Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between Nigeria and the United States. The news was...
