Niger banned exports of diesel and premium petrol in a bid to address fuel supply challenges that the country has been facing in recent days, the ministry of trade and industry said in a statement on its Facebook page.

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday as the West African nation joins a growing number of countries on the continent seeking to capture more value from minerals produced within their borders.

Monaco is among several nations poised to exit a global financial watchdog’s dirty money watchlist next month, marking a change in fortune for the city-state that’s home to the world’s highest concentration of millionaires and billionaires.

Ivory Coast is set to open its first state-owned data center next year with financial backing from US Export-Import Bank as it seeks to modernize public services, strengthen cybersecurity and establish greater control over its digital assets.

Niger said it contained a mutiny by soldiers who detained some of their colleagues at a military base and fired on sites in the capital, the first major challenge from within the armed forces to the junta that seized power three years ago.

Niger’s leader said three military-led governments in Africa’s vast Sahel region plan to more than triple their joint force to 18,000 troops to counter a wave of Islamist attacks.

Heavy rains have left at least 74 people dead in Ivory Coast and Ghana over the past few days, with the worst downpour occurring Sunday and Monday.

Niger is considering introducing military conscription as part of domestic efforts to combat Islamist militants who pose a threat to stability in the West African country, a security official said.

Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.

Gabon’s media regulator suspended all social media platforms until further notice, as the government faces growing protests over the high cost of living.

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization plans to mobilize more than $200 million in private investment for Ivory Coast’s agriculture sector.

Unidentified attackers who staged an assault on Niger’s capital came dangerously close to a stockpile of uranium removed from French company Orano SA’s mine.

Ivory Coast lawmakers elected a former prime minister from Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party as speaker of parliament, nearly a month after legislative elections held in late December.

President Emmanuel Macron called for a renewed push by French companies and financiers into Africa, arguing that excessive regulation and corporate caution have allowed rivals to displace France from markets it once dominated.

Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.

Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.

The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.

Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.