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Friday, 27 November 2020

never stop learning

Nigeria’s first feature-length animated film cost $1m

Nigeria's first-ever feature length film, 'Lady Buckit & The Motley Mopsters' with a $1m budget, was proudly "Made by Nigerian creatives, in ... Nigeria, for Nigerians". Its producers and creative team hope it will help share Nigeria's rich history.

Residents look at a road that collapsed in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, at Wimbe village in Pemba

Grasping the Nettle

Mozambique LNG prospects lifted by international response to Islamist insurgency

Moves towards a multilateral approach to tackling the Islamic insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique have improved the ... prospects for a timely start to onshore LNG production.

science needs women

COVID in Africa: A chance to boost female scientists

Many voices in the African research community express their concern about the significant decline in scientific publications by women in ... 2020.

ROCKY RESCUE

South Africa’s SAA has another headache: A growing salary bill

South African Airways (SAA) staff are on course to become one of the national carrier’s biggest creditors as its bills pile on while sources ... of funding have dried up.

Red Sea Dynamics: part 9

The Red Sea: A magnet for outside powers vying for its control

The overriding concern of non-regional actors in the Red Sea arena is freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal, Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and ... Gulf of Aden. In this final part of our series, we look at the constant quest and struggle for control of the Red Sea waterway by non-regional actors and their impact.

Article 9/9 of "Red Sea Dynamics"

Thursday, 26 November 2020

on the run again

Lebanese flee crisis at home to seek better life in Africa

Feeling suffocated by an unprecedented economic crisis, an increasing number of Lebanese nationals are abandoning their home country for ... Africa.

ghosts of the past

Kenya’s original ICC six – Where are they now?

Early November, Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague. At the start of the investigation, ... six suspects were accused by the ICC for involvement in Kenya's deadly elections in 2007. Where are they now?

new cold war?

USA – Africa: President Biden’s top three challenges

Africa, in the eyes of some political analysts, has been an after-thought for Washington these last four years. But that's not necessarily a ... bad thing; it speaks to the political and economic stability that dominates most of the 54 countries on the continent.

Deep Junk

South Africa downgrades leave banks losing war of attrition

South Africa’s drift further into junk means it’s time for investors to bail out of the country’s banks. ...

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is cutting development aid

global britain

UK slashes aid budget, threatens Nigeria with sanctions

It has been a busy week for Her Majesty's Government. The UK is cutting the overseas aid budget, while parliamentarians have accused Nigerian ... leaders of corruption and inaction, and threatened sanctions, while also pointing a finger at the facilitating role the UK financial services industry has played in the looting.

ruffled feathers

Algeria – France: Macron interview raises hackles

Our recently published interview with French President Emmanuel Macron has offended Algerians on several fronts, whether it’s his show of support ... for Abdelmadjid Tebboune, his vision of the Hirak movement or his reference to Algeria’s supposed urban-rural divide.

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Red Sea Dynamics: part 8

Sudan – Red Sea basin: Four ways to make or break stability

Following Sudan's revolution over a year ago, a peace agreement has been signed and political changes are taking shape with increasing speed. ... But attention must be directed to elements that can make or break peace in Sudan, including dealing with past atrocities, centre-periphery relations and the role of the military in nation building. In this eighth part of our series, we explore how Sudan's peace determines the stability in the Red Sea basin.

Article 8/9 of "Red Sea Dynamics"

africa's hidden war

Tigray: The AU failed Ethiopia, while US calls the shots

It is almost three weeks since a large-scale war started in the Tigray region of Ethiopia involving a multitude of internal actors and external ... military players. That this is happening in a country where the African Union (AU) is rooted, with its overarching slogan ‘silencing the guns in Africa’, is puzzling, to say the least.

Macro Outlook

Zambia’s dependency ratio indicates future debt crises

With a population that has a higher number of children and elderly, Zambia is left with not enough workers. Its dependency ratio leaves it vulnerable ... to taking on too much future debt, regardless of any post-default restructuring solution.

fighting talk

Ethiopia – Tigray: Government deadline to surrender looms

The deadline to surrender before Ethiopia bombards the northern city of Mekelle from the air is just hours away. ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the 15th annual G20 Leaders' Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

removing the stains

G20 summit: Saudi Arabia sends a message to Joe Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden may reverse course in Washington’s relations with Riyadh on issues as varied as Iran, Qatar, Yemen, human rights ... and arms sales. Here are the highlights from the virtual G20 summit.

Tuesday, 24 November 2020

strength in numbers

Will Tanzania and Mozambique’s joint efforts stamp out Islamist insurgents?

Following a meeting between Tanzania's police chief and his Mozambican counterpart, it was decided that the two countries would team up to conduct ... a joint operation against terrorist groups along the shared border. But opposition politicians and rights groups are concerned about how their respective authorities are going about tackling this issue.

#EndSARS online movement

Nigeria: Social media bill threatens death penalty for ‘hate speech’

The latest round of protests against police brutality in Nigeria exploded in October. Although these protests were by no means the first of their ... kind or even the first time the protesters had used the hashtag #EndSARS online, the necessity of social media in bringing the youth together to fight for a common cause cannot be overstated.

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi bids farewell to well wishers as he prepares to depart from the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

new decade

China may scale back investment in Africa, says new report

In the coming decade, China is expected to consume less raw materials and be more selective in its foreign lending and investment ... activities.

fair trade

South Africa’s Astral Foods gets its feathers ruffled by COVID

South Africa endured one of the longest lockdowns in the continent. But leading South African poultry producer Astral Foods’ feathers were ... not too badly ruffled by it, as indicated in its full-year results.

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