Katarina Hoije

Niger secured a stake in a China-backed oil pipeline after renegotiating export terms, as Beijing steps up efforts to secure reliable crude supplies amid global market disruptions.

Senegal could exceed its fuel subsidy target for this year by $2 billion if crude prices reach $115 per barrel due to the pressure the war in Iran is exerting on global oil markets.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the government and dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, increasing the risk of political unrest after months of simmering tensions between the two leaders.

Romuald Wadagni was sworn in as Benin’s new president on Sunday after winning an election widely seen as consolidating the country’s policy direction over the past decade.

Benin’s new president, Romuald Wadagni, has appointed a finance ministry veteran and former economist at the International Monetary Fund as the country’s new finance chief.

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s abrupt dismissal of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko risks throwing the government’s stalled talks with the International Monetary Fund into deeper disarray.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye named a veteran economist and former central banker as his new prime minister, shoring up his economic team ahead of the restart of talks with the International Monetary Fund on a new funding program.

Senegal’s parliament reinstated Ousmane Sonko as a lawmaker on Tuesday, paving the way for his likely election as speaker of the National Assembly days after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye abruptly dismissed him as prime minister in a split that has fractured the ruling coalition.

Senegal now faces an uncertain political path.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye appointed a new cabinet that his estranged ally Ousmane Sonko vowed to boycott, deepening a political rift in the West African country as it navigates a debt crisis.