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FILE PHOTO: Kaombo Norte floating oil platform is seen from a helicopter off the coast of Angola

POST COVID ERA

Post-coronavirus: More sorrow for Africa’s new oil and gas producers

The crash in oil and gas prices, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and the slump in economic activity, has dealt a blow to the plans and ... public finances of major oil- and gas-producing countries. But a group of countries in sub-Saharan Africa once designated as “prospective producers” are facing a different challenge.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 25 May – 29 May"

French President Emmanuel Macron

death of CFA franc

France: One step closer to ending the CFA franc

On 20 May, the French Council of Ministers passed a bill modifying its monetary agreement with the eight member states of the West African Economic ... and Monetary Union (UEMOA), following the unexpected CFA franc reform announced this past December.

Andela

from bad to worse

Coronavirus: Andela, in search of a model, experiences run of bad luck

The pandemic has increased uncertainty among the start-up’s leaders as to the strategy to adopt to meet the needs of its market.
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Virus Outbreak South Africa Daily Life

MIXED HARVEST

Coronavirus: South African Distell trying to curb hit from pandemic

Distell has toasted the performance of its Kenyan operations, while it is mulling the sale of two premium wine farms and other cost-reduction ... measures in South Africa as it grapples with COVID-19 restrictions.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 18 May – 22 May"

Laundry List

Ghana: up enforcement to avoid EU money-laundering blacklist

Raising the game on enforcement is the only way for Ghana to escape the EU’s money-laundering blacklist. ...

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losing altitude

Ghana: John Mahama splashed by Airbus corruption affair

Relatives of the former president are implicated in an investigation into the corruption scandal that has shaken European aeronautics giant Airbus. ... The revelations come at a bad time for John Dramani Mahama, who is taking a fresh run at the presidency this year.

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Accra

Fighting back

Coronavirus: Is Ghana winning the fight against the pandemic?

In the fight against containing the impact of the coronavirus, one country appears to be winning the battle through swift reactivity and pragmatism. ... What has been the winning combination to Ghana’s approach?

long-haul recovery

Social infrastructure investment, a development priority in Africa

If we live with COVID-19 for a while, even the richest countries will need to find a way of protecting the worst-off: the urban poor, disconnected ... farmers, students and the vulnerable.

Your Money or Your Life

Gulf of Guinea crews more valuable to pirates than unsold oil

A glut of cheap oil that won’t be quickly sold raises the dangers of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, already the planet’s most dangerous place ... for maritime kidnappings

Somali families flee to capital, fearing U.S. airstrikes

record displaced

Record 50.8 million internally displaced persons in 2019 – report

In its annual report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) says nearly 46 million people, almost twice the global number of refugees, ... have been uprooted within their own countries due to conflict and violence, and more than five million more as a result of natural disasters.

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