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last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

A Nigerian court has sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State nicknamed the ‘dancing governor’ and ordered that Gboyega Oyetola, an ... ally of frontline Presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, be inaugurated as governor. What could this mean for next month’s Presidential poll? And what role did new voting system BVAS play in the result?

breaking barriers

Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa…20 young African creatives to know

The number of African artists and creatives working across the continent and its diaspora is rising. This number includes those doing remarkable ... work to meet the times, reshaping aesthetics and style, overturning stereotypes, and engaging social and cultural issues across Africa today. We look at the top 20 young creative minds across the continent and beyond.

Rekindling an old flame

Between Israel and Africa, a win-win deal

Israel, a key economic partner of the African continent since the 1960s, is hoping to regain its former influence there. ...

Nigeria's 'dancing senator' Ademola Adeleke with Nigerian singer Davido

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

With a recent legal victory, the ruling APC have clawed their way back into contention in Osun State. The PDP took the state in the gubernatorial ... contest of July 2022, and has been trying to weaken APC influence.

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New president, new decisions

Kenya: How Ruto is reversing policies from Kenyatta’s tenure

Kenyan President William Ruto has accused his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, of conniving to subdivide thousands of acres in the coast region that ... was designated for large-scale government-driven food production.

shrouded in secrecy

Nigeria 2023: Why US, UK visa ban may not stop electoral violence

Less than a month to Nigeria’s presidential election, the US has announced visa restrictions on Nigerian politicians who perpetrated violence ... previous polls. It may not be enough to deter election riggers, experts say.

Multiple rates

Zimbabwe: Currency sliding as inflation foreseen to hit 400% by year’s end

Despite promises by Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to stabilise the southern African country’s currency, it keeps plunging with the ... Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) auction results showing that the exchange rate stands at Z$732 against the US dollar, up from Z$705 last month.

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

Rekindling an old flame

Between Israel and Africa, a win-win deal

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

Article 5/5 of "Nigeria 2023: The battleground states"

last dance

Nigeria 2023: Tinubu receives major boost as court sacks dancing governor

Rekindling an old flame

Between Israel and Africa, a win-win deal

turning tables?

Nigeria 2023: Will Osun State swing to APC in the presidential election?

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freedom in peril

Cameroon, Eswatini, Rwanda: Three devastating days that shook Africa

In consecutive days this month, from 20-22 January, a trio of Africa’s brightest lights for freedom and accountability were violently extinguished. ... In just 72 hours, three of the continent’s most intrepid and well-respected leaders had been silenced.

TURNING TIDE?

South Africa: Bonds, equities poised to gain from US downside risks

Renewed investor appetite for risk and yield, coupled with a cooldown on US assets, could benefit South Africa, a proxy for emerging markets, ... Bank of America Global Research experts say.

value chain

Putting Africa at the heart of the global energy transition, thanks to its ‘critical minerals’

Shinkolobwe means nothing to most people, despite the fact this city of Katanga has changed the course of history. It was from a mine located ... near this city that the uranium for the American Manhattan atomic programme came. At a time when the global energy transition is accelerating, Shinkolobwe, DRC, and more broadly Africa, have the opportunity to participate again in changing the world, in a peaceful way, thanks to their resources in “critical minerals”.

Cracking down

US sanctions on Wagner group hit Russian mercenary operations in Africa

The US government slapped new sanctions on Russia’s Wagner Group on 26 January, putting African nations on notice that working with the Kremlin-linked ... mercenary group carries high risks.

Super Food

Nigeria’s AgroEknor bets gluten-free fonio can become global mainstream health food

Fonio is the most famous health food that the West has never heard of. A Nigerian company is betting that the gluten-free grain can break through ... into the global mainstream.

ANPP SUPPORTERS HEAD TO A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN KANO.

northern promise

Nigeria 2023: Kano State remains the key to unlock the north

The commercial capital of Northern Nigeria is central to winning elections in the country. It has the second largest number of registered voters ... after Lagos, at 5.9 million. However, unlike Lagos, turnout is higher, and Kano regularly produces the highest number of votes in elections.

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Behind the scenes

How Wamkele Mene made African free trade a priority at the World Economic Forum

In the last three years, the world saw the onslaught of Covid-19 followed by the conflict in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the African Continental Free ... Trade Area (AfCFTA) continued to chug along. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, defended the organisation at the World Economic Forum, where he benefited from British think tank Odi. We break it down.

rallying

South Africa: Can the new pro-Zuma RETMO party topple Ramaphosa?

Stung by the victory of arch-enemy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC presidential elections in mid-December, some leaders of the ANC faction ... loyal to ex-president Jacob Zuma have announced that they are quitting the ruling ANC party to form a new far-left, party called the Radical Economic Transformation Movement (RETMO).

landed with responsibility?

Ethiopian Airlines crash: Will Boeing finally be held accountable?

The American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, has been summoned to a court today in Texas, having been accused of having allegedly let fly a 737 ... MAX aircraft with defective software. Two of those aircraft crashed, one in Indonesia in 2018 and the other in Ethiopia a year later.

Peace Dividend

Ethiopia: Domestic debt can be a remedy for Eurobond stress

Ethiopia’s fledgling market in debt securities is helping to improve the sustainability of public debt even as the share of domestic debt increases, ... analysts say.

power shortages

Zambia: Will UAE cooperation revive solar dream after World Bank, China disappointments?

Drought-prone Zambia hopes the $2bn direct investment from the UAE will help to reboot its quest for more renewable power sources after previous ... similar attempts in cooperation with the World Bank and China stagnated on the southern African country’s swelling debt.

ill-advised?

Kenya: Ruto burdens Kenyans with increased taxes to deliver on promises

Kenya’s national workers union COTU and the opposition are protesting a move by President William Ruto’s government to continue with tax ... increases on key commodities and services affecting ordinary citizens at a time the majority of Kenyans are experiencing tough economic times.

letter to the editor

Zimbabwe: A reply to Nic Cheeseman’s column on democracy

This letter is a response to a recent opinion column entitled: "When Zimbabwe stops pretending to be a democracy" published on 23 January 2023. ...

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