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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Eromo Egbejule

    Economic growth and democratic decline: the ‘cotton king’ who reshaped Benin (opens the original)

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    Patrice Talon has transformed the west African country’s economy and infrastructure at the expense of political freedom In recent years, a building boom has reshaped Benin’s largest city, Cotonou, and a shiny new coastal road has reduced journey times to Ouidah, the west African country’s spiritual and cultural capital. In the last decade, Benin’s annual GDP has grown from 3% to 6%, a regional high, and an industrial zone has been launched north-west of Cotonou to help industrialise the

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Eromo Egbejule

    Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died (opens the original)

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    Police fire teargas as protests break out in city of Minna after deaths of suspected illegal goldminers Survivors from a prison cell in Nigeria where 37 suspected illegal goldminers died while in the custody of a paramilitary group this week have recounted their panic and struggle for breath, as police on Friday fired teargas at people protesting against the deaths. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) – a paramilitary group that works with police – initially blamed the deaths in Min

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Eromo Egbejule

    Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO (opens the original)

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    Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirds The fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to nearly $60bn (£44bn) after his refinery in Nigeria listed publicly in the continent’s biggest-ever initial public offering. If Monday’s flotation of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on the Nigerian exchange goes to plan, then Aliko Dangote will add a further $23bn (£17bn) to his $35bn net worth. Dango

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Eromo Egbejule

    UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale (opens the original)

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    Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-century Mercator projection in favour of one based on the more accurate 2018 Equal Earth design

  5. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Eromo Egbejule

    New constitution in Guinea-Bissau will undermine democracy, opponents say (opens the original)

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    Referendum result means fewer seats in parliament and new rules on candidates, ahead of December elections Guinea-Bissau voters have approved a new constitution, which critics say will undermine democracy, that significantly expands presidential powers ahead of elections due in December. According to provisional results, 70% of voters approved sweeping changes in the tiny west African state’s first constitutional amendment since revisions that ended the one-party socialist state more than three

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