Cameroon’s Political Future:Election Context and Internal Power Struggle

Even as Cameroonians voted yesterday, 12 October 2025, the political landscape in the country remains dominated not by traditional electoral politics by the intense, internal succession contestsurrounding the tenure of President Paul Biya, who has...

African banks are aiming for DR Congo’s growth opportunity

Africa’s leading banking groups are targeting DR Congo, enticed by one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies and the promise of a lucrative mining sector, despite the ongoing conflict in the country’s east. Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria,...

Gov’t pushes bold reforms to strengthen local governance

The government of Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening decentralisation and reforming local governance systems to ensure greater efficiency, accountability, and service delivery at the grassroots. This commitment was highlighted at the...

Flashback: How Coup Plotters Planned To Shutdown Ex-President Obasanjo’s Helicopter

Nigeria’s democracy came under severe test in April 2004 when security agencies uncovered a plot to overthrow then-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, just five years after the country returned to civilian rule. Naija News learnt that...

Bus drivers family petitions EHP Government

The family members of the late bus driver, Tony Pes, who was allegedly killed in Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province (EHP), are demanding the Eastern Highlands Provincial Government address the killing and meet their demands within the week....

Government of Ghana sued over US deportee deal

The government of Ghana has reportedly been sued over its deal to receive West African deportees from the United States (US). According to several reports by major US outlets, including AP News, the government was sued by a Ghanaian human rights...

Lomé Hosts BlueInvest Africa 2025 

(Togo First) - Lomé is hosting the third BlueInvest Africa Forum on October 15-16, 2025, an initiative by the European Commission held in partnership with the Togolese government. The event aims to connect investors and entrepreneurs in the blue...

Togo Integrates Private Insurers into Universal Health Coverage Governance

(Togo First) - Togo’s National Social Security Fund, CNSS, and the National Health Insurance Institute, INAM, the bodies managing the Universal Health Insurance, AMU, program, signed partnership agreements with several insurance companies on...

Togo Launches Second Phase of Mono Basin Water Management Project

(Togo First) - Authorities in Yoto Prefecture, southern Togo, launched the second phase of the Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mono Basin Project (GIRE-Mono II) on Friday, October 10, 2025. Valued at 143.39 million CFA francs, the...

Bishkek city business center to be concentrated in Leninsky district

Bishkek City Hall presented the city’s General Plan until 2050 to the city’s residents and announced the start of public hearings on the project. They will be held on December 24-25 across city districts. The document, among other things, contains...

Explainer: Can LDP leader Takaichi become Japan's prime minister?

Japan's ruling and opposition parties have agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to pick a new prime minister to replace outgoing Shigeru Ishiba on October 21, when an extraordinary Diet session kicks off. With the withdrawal of long-time ally...

AU Chairperson expresses deep concern over Madagascar’s political and security crisis

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has voiced serious concerns over the escalating political and security developments in the Republic of Madagascar. The situation, characterized by unrest within the military...

Lawsuit filed to void Ghana-US deportation deal

A civil society group has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare illegal the deportation deal between Ghana and the US government, and the way the west African deportees are being treated, court documents show. Ghanaian leader John Mahama disclosed...

Togo: Shrinking civic space alarming as political crisis continues

ARTICLE 19 expresses deep concern over the deteriorating civic space in Togo, characterised by the arrest of activists and journalists, the suppression of public demonstrations, and restrictive measures targeting online criticism of officials. We...

Togo to Soon Start Construction of 22 Groynes to Shield Its Coastline

(Togo First) - Coastal protection work on the Gbodjomé-Agbodrafo-Goumoukopé segment in Togo is scheduled to enter its active phase on October 20, 2025. The project, valued at over 33 billion XOF(or 51 million euros), is part of the West Africa...

Togo Mizrahi: Pioneer of Cross-Cultural Middle Eastern Cinema

In an era of deepening cultural divides across the Middle East, the rediscovery of Togo Mizrahi’s cinematic legacy reveals a paradox: the region’s artistic golden age thrived on the very multicultural collaboration that seems impossible today. A...

Togo Midfielder Samuel Asamoah Suffers Broken Neck

Samuel Asamoah Togo international Samuel Asamoah is facing the possibility of paralysis after breaking his neck in a horrific accident during a league match in China. The 31-year-old midfielder, who plays for second-tier side Guangxi Pingguo,...

Rat Race into Sorry African Record

VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA Think about this. This week, results of Cameroon’s presidential elections held on October 12 are expected to be officially announced by the Constitutional Council today, October 27. Opposition leader Issa...

New Wave of Mayors Takes Office, Reshaping Local Leadership

(Togo First) - Togo is renewing its municipal leadership following local elections held earlier this year. This marks the start of a second term for local officials, six years after the first municipal vote in 2019. Earlier this week, several of...

Togo Mizrahi: Trailblazing Jewish Egyptian Filmmaker Bridging Cultures

In an era of deepening Middle Eastern divisions, the legacy of Togo Mizrahi reveals a radically different past where Jewish and Arab artists created together in Cairo’s golden age of cinema. When Cairo Was Hollywood on the Nile The 1930s and 1940s...