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It's electric

Elsewedy’s power plays in Egypt and beyond

Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric has been on a signing spree, grabbing contracts large and small. ...

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 5, the fight back

President João Lourenço has a tough job on his hands trying to claw back any of the billions siphoned off by corrupt government officials in ... Angola.

making it

Can Africa manufacture growth?

Moving too quickly to a service-based economy will leave some African economies exposed. Manufacturing still has something to offer. ...

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 4, the golden age

Portugal was the locus of much of the capital flight that happened in the post civil war years. ...

comeback kid

DRC: Kabila’s party sets a course for 2023

Joseph Kabila is coming back to politics, his dauphin in the December 2018 elections, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, announced at a meeting of party ... leaders in Lubumbashi last week.

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 3, the China connection

It was great timing: China was awash with dollars, Angola needed to rebuild. China delivered almost $50bn in oil-backed infrastructure loans. ... General Kopelipa was at the heart of it.

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 2, the parallel economy

Angola's state oil company Sonangol became central to economic life, and to the articulation of state power. ...

real revolution

Algeria: Abdallah Djaballah – ‘military likely to postpone elections’

Abdallah Djaballah, leader of the Algerian Islamist party FJD-Adala, has announced his party will not present a candidate in the presidential ... election on 12 December. He believes the protest movement can gain ground without the use of violence and civil disobedience.

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 1, a family feast

At the end of the devastating civil war, in 2002, Angolans had the chance to rebuild their broken country using its bountiful resources of oil, ... gas and diamonds.

justice delayed

Cameroon must move beyond dialogue to solve Anglophone crisis

President Paul Biya convened a national dialogue last month to address the conflict between his government and the people in Cameroon’s English-speaking ... regions in the North West and South West.