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© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

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Premium badgeLiberia’s opposition enters into alliances ahead of elections

Liberia’s opposition has currently turned to cementing coalitions and alliances in a bid to win in the upcoming October 2023 elections. This push for ...

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Premium badgeCamtel, Orange, MTN, Nexttel… Cameroon’s telecoms watchdog doles out fines For the first time since 2019, the regulatory agency has imposed a fine – totalling $9.7m – on Cameroon’s three main telecoms providers.
Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, in his office in Niamey, during an interview with Jeune Afrique on 1 May 2023. © Vincent Fournier pour JA

tough talk

Premium badgeNiger’s Mohamed Bazoum: ‘Arming civilians to fight terrorists is a tragic mistake.’ Mali, Burkina Faso, anti-French sentiment, Wagner, democracy, corruption…Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum speaks has no qualms about speaking his mind...
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (centre) in N’Djamena, 20 August 2022. ©Chadian Presidency

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Premium badgeChad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno and the 600 generals The Chadian army may have a reputation for efficiency, but it is the main pillar of the president’s power. Here, we delve into the heart of a system t...

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© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

shifting alliances

Premium badgeLiberia’s opposition enters into alliances ahead of elections Liberia’s opposition has currently turned to cementing coalitions and alliances in a bid to win in the upcoming October 2023 elections. This push for ...
jad20230526-eco-cameroun-telecoms-camtel-photo2-1256×628-1685118985 © A Camtel shop in Yaoundé in 2023… Maboup

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Premium badgeCamtel, Orange, MTN, Nexttel… Cameroon’s telecoms watchdog doles out fines For the first time since 2019, the regulatory agency has imposed a fine – totalling $9.7m – on Cameroon’s three main telecoms providers.
Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, in his office in Niamey, during an interview with Jeune Afrique on 1 May 2023. © Vincent Fournier pour JA

tough talk

Premium badgeNiger’s Mohamed Bazoum: ‘Arming civilians to fight terrorists is a tragic mistake.’ Mali, Burkina Faso, anti-French sentiment, Wagner, democracy, corruption…Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum speaks has no qualms about speaking his mind...

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© Supporters hold a banner bearing a portrait of the President of the Opposition Collaborating Parties (CPP), Alexander Cummings, during a rally against poor living conditions.(Photo by Emmanuel Tobey/AFP)

shifting alliances

Premium badgeLiberia’s opposition enters into alliances ahead of elections Liberia’s opposition has currently turned to cementing coalitions and alliances in a bid to win in the upcoming October 2023 elections. This push for ...
jad20230526-eco-cameroun-telecoms-camtel-photo2-1256×628-1685118985 © A Camtel shop in Yaoundé in 2023… Maboup

failed networks

Premium badgeCamtel, Orange, MTN, Nexttel… Cameroon’s telecoms watchdog doles out fines For the first time since 2019, the regulatory agency has imposed a fine – totalling $9.7m – on Cameroon’s three main telecoms providers.
Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, in his office in Niamey, during an interview with Jeune Afrique on 1 May 2023. © Vincent Fournier pour JA

tough talk

Premium badgeNiger’s Mohamed Bazoum: ‘Arming civilians to fight terrorists is a tragic mistake.’ Mali, Burkina Faso, anti-French sentiment, Wagner, democracy, corruption…Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum speaks has no qualms about speaking his mind...

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Premium badgeBy 2050, one in two climate migrants will be African, study shows In 2022, climate-related disasters caused an additional 7.4 million internally displaced people in sub-Saharan Africa; a record number that could cont...
© A Russian armoured personnel carrier (APC) in a street in Bangui on 15 October 2020. CAMILLE LAFFONT/AFP

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Premium badgeWill CAR be hosting a Russian military base soon? The Central African ambassador in Moscow has said that his country is ready to host a military base that could house up to 10,000 Russian soldiers. An...
More than one million Sudanese have been displaced or have left the country (Khartoum, 14 May 2023). © AFP

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Sudan war: ‘Foreign interests have taken precedence over will for peace,’ Albert Pahimi Padaké If the war between Generals Burhan and Hemeti once again highlights the weakness of international conflict prevention mechanisms, it also underlines –...
© Angola’s President João Lourenço in Tokyo on March 13, 2023. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Fuminori Ogane / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

Shifting alliances

Premium badgeAngola says it’s ready to ditch Russia for US as Lourenço eyes third term Angola is ready to ditch Russia for the US as President João Lourenço looks to garner Western support amid early rumours of a controversial third term...
© Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno during his tour of the north-east and east of the country on 17 May 2023. Presidency of Chad

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Premium badgeIn Chad, does Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno still control the South? While a new electoral campaign and the civil war in Sudan preoccupy President Mahamat Itno, increasing attacks by armed bands prompt critics to accuse...
© Smoke billows in southern Khartoum on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians in war-torn Sudan expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP)

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Premium badgeSudan: Ceasefire extension brings renewed fighting and little aid Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to r...