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Thursday, 13 February 2020

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DRC: Kalev Mutond, former spy boss, arrested for illegal passport

Kalev Mutond was arrested Wednesday at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa. According to our sources, the former head of the National Intelligence ... Agency was questioned at the premises of his former services before being released.

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FIFA’s reform proposals will damage African football

FIFA has ended its 6-month management takeover of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). But the future of the game on the continent is ... still clouded with uncertainty.

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Climate change is here: time to use all the whole financial toolkit

From bushfires in Australia and floods in Venice, to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth which wrought devastating havoc to Southern Africa last year, ... the effects of climate change have materialised.

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Jaynet Kabila in DRC: the FCC denounces one “provocation too many”

On 30 January, at Ndjili-Kinshasa airport, an officer from the Directorate General of Migration (DGM) removed the sister of former President ... Joseph Kabila from the plane in which she had boarded and which was about to take off for South Africa.

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Nigeria wants to postpone the Eco in regional currency set-back

In a statement on its Twitter account, the Nigerian presidency asked for the launch of the eco — the future single currency of West Africa ... — to be postponed.

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Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Buhari and ECOWAS debate the CFA franc

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Buhari and Ouattara make Eco heart of regional power struggle

When the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) announced out of the blue that it would adopt a currency with the same name as the ... future single currency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the organisation’s decision was seen as divisive and set off a full-fledged leadership war in the region.

Article 1/5 of "The perilous journey to a West African single currency"

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Olam may need to change where it lists to convince on reorganisation

Olam’s plan announced in January to separate its operations into food ingredients and global agri-business units is a step forward in improving ... transparency.

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Ghana alive with possibilities for South Africa’s Transnet

A Transnet deal to develop a stretch of railway along Ghana’s Western region is not just good for the rail operator, but could have spill-over ... benefits for other South African companies.

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Felix Tshisekedi audits his emergency program, troubles partners

Félix Tshisekedi, suspecting misuse of the funds allocated for his 100-day emergency programme, ordered an audit of the flyover constructions ... sites in Kinshasa. The decision has weakened the alliance.

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Tracking Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, West Africa’s most wanted jihadist

All the armies of the region are on his heels, as are the French, but the head of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara remains elusive. A ... portrait of the most wanted jihadist in the sub-region.

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