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Latest coup d’état attempt in Benin foiled

A new attempt to destabilise Benin – the details of which are still unknown and have not been made public – was reportedly foiled during ... the night of 25 to 26 June.

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End food insecurity across Africa through agricultural change

In the aftermath of the financial and debt crises that started in 2007, food prices increased 57% in 2008 and 64 per cent in 2012, leading to ... a global food emergency in which 75 million more people went to bed hungry. The food crisis contributed to major protests and instability across the world, including in Mexico, Bangladesh and Burkina Faso. In the Middle East, it helped trigger the Arab Spring of 2012.

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Gabon divided over adoption of law decriminalising homosexuality

The Gabon National Assembly’s passing of a law decriminalising homosexuality is a triumph for those behind the initiative, but is nevertheless ... just one of several steps. The text is up for a vote in the Senate next, and the debates promise to be heated.

The Long Haul

Morocco ripe for investment, says Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity CEO

Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is planning to make new investments in Morocco and would have done so already had COVID-19 not arrived, CEO ... Johnny El Hachem tells The Africa Report.

A member of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces is seen during a fight with Eastern forces, in southern Tripoli

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Egypt and Turkey head-to-head in Libya, stalemate looms

The weekend of 20 June witnessed a sharp escalation in tensions between Egypt and Turkey over Libya. In a speech near the Egyptian-Libyan border, ... President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his full intentions to fully involve Egypt’s military in Libya. But with each country armed with similar military capabilities, such a scenario would likely lead to a long-lasting standoff.

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Africa needs access to capital, but not at these rates – SouthBridge

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare Africa’s unsustainable borrowing arrangements and lack of access to capital markets, Hamet Aguemon, a partner ... at SouthBridge investment bank in Abidjan, tells The Africa Report.

A 50 MW solar power farm in Garissa, Kenya. The plant, designed and built by the EPC contractor China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Co-operation (CJIC), in conjunction with Kenya's Rural Energy Authority (REA), is one of the largest photovoltaic electricity stations in Africa.

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Energy can power Africa’s recovery from pandemic and recession

Too often in human history, access to reliable and affordable energy has been a privilege for the few when it should be a basic right for all. ... This has been especially true in Africa where – despite remarkable progress in recent years – hundreds of millions of people still have no electricity.

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Anglophone Cameroon: Buea near normal, while Bamenda a ghost town

The capital of the South West region of Cameroon is gradually losing the ghost town feel it has taken on every Monday for almost four years now, ... an indication of a decline in the intensity of violence in the region, in stark contrast with the tension that continues to grip the neighbouring North West region.

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Egypt VS Coronavirus : Cotton’s never-ending roller coaster

There is no question on how important cotton is to Egypt’s textile industry: it contributes to around 3% of the country’s GDP, employs 2.25 ... million- one third of its industrial labour force - to meet its demand of 180 000 tons. But after years of trade wars between US and China, and now a global pandemic, the cotton industry in Egypt will need time to recover from its losses. In this fourth part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on Egypt, we see how its prized 'white gold' will fare.

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A woman flashes the victory sign during the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir, at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum

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Sudan: International financial backing is key to boosting its transition

Sudan’s transitional government is being buffeted by dangerous economic headwinds. When Sudan’s international partners meet at a conference ... on Thursday 25 June, they should offer further financial support to Khartoum’s civilian cabinet, or risk reigniting economic frustrations and stoking new instability.

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