pension politics

Op Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability

By Gaëlle Arenson

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Posted on September 14, 2023 14:15

Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political stability.

More than 60 years after Francophone African countries gained independence, some are still lamenting the reasons why ‘France lost the Sahel’, while others are asking how social cohesion can be achieved in the region as quickly as possible – among them Gabon’s new transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema.

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