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Nigeria 2023: Chief Justice resigns, how will his successor impact the presidential race?

Nigeria's top judge, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has resigned citing health concerns. The 68-year-old has held the position of Chief Justice of Nigeria ... (CJN) for three years, since his controversial appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari just before the 2019 elections were held.

Cornerstones for change

Investors should be heartened by Africa’s economic resilience in a trying global environment

In an era of heightened geopolitical tension and rising inflation, it is easy for investors to ‘retreat’ and eschew opportunities outside ... of the developed world.

to the skies

Airline industry: Emirates capitalises on Dubai hub, Africa remains strategic

Growing demand on the continent and the decline of South African Airways are opening new opportunities for the Gulf carrier, which has restored ... its entire pre-Covid-19 African network.

influential circle

Tanzania: Who are the CCM business loyalists working with President Hassan?

More than a year after taking office following the sudden death of her predecessor, John Magufuli, President Samia Suluhu Hassan is in firm control ... of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.

civilian casualty

Sudan chooses the UN over the AU for help in dispute with Ethiopia

Following the alleged execution of seven Sudanese soldiers and one civilian by Ethiopian forces last week, Sudan went straight to the UN Security ... Council (UNSC) with its complaint, bypassing the continental organ the African Union (AU).

Once rivals, now allies, President Uhuru Kenyatta (1st left) and presidential hopeful Raila Odinga (2nd left) on the podium together

elections 2022

Kenya: Raila Odinga – ‘I haven’t mellowed, I’m still the same person’

The presidential candidate and former prime minister Raila Odinga speaks with The Africa Report about Kenya’s past, present and future, ahead ... of the country’s general elections to be held on 9 August.

out of gas

Legal proceedings will have ‘little impact’ on Shell asset sale

Legal proceedings against Shell in Nigeria will have "little impact on the deal," Suraj Oyewale, an energy industry analyst who is knowledgeable ... about the workings of the oil sector tells The Africa Report.

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Egypt: ‘No more useless promises’ says UN climate champion Mohieldin

Free again

DRC: Vital Kamerhe forgives President Félix Tshisekedi, declares his loyalty

First ladies

Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa’s wife Auxillia following in ‘Gucci Grace’ Mugabe’s footsteps?

take the lead

Egypt: ‘No more useless promises’ says UN climate champion Mohieldin

Free again

DRC: Vital Kamerhe forgives President Félix Tshisekedi, declares his loyalty

First ladies

Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa’s wife Auxillia following in ‘Gucci Grace’ Mugabe’s footsteps?

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The more the merrier

US African Lion military exercise expands to Ghana, Senegal, and Israel

The US military this week wraps up its flagship annual military cooperation drill in Africa whose 2022 iteration was marked by its expansion ... beyond North Africa and the inclusion of Israel as an observer.

Kenyan entrepreneur turns farm waste into low cost organic fertilizer in Mwea

Race Against Hunger

Nigerian food commodities exchange AFEX seeks funding for east Africa expansion

Nigerian food commodities exchange AFEX is seeking funding for expansion in east Africa as the Russia-Ukraine war sharpens regional food insecurity, ... managing director Tabitha Njuguna tells The Africa Report.

Turkana warriors look at a skull of a Dassenach warrior who was, according to a Turkana warrior, killed when he tried to ambush Turkana cattle herders in Ilemi Triangle

gun glut

Welcome to Kenya’s ‘Wild West’

Failure by the Kenyan government to enforce control weapons in Kenya’s ‘Wild West’ pastoral areas have made violent cattle raids the norm, ... despite decades’ worth of disarmament campaigns.

changing careers

Fintech: The trend of African start-ups chasing telecom talent

Booming African fintech start-ups are increasingly recruiting talent from the telecoms sector to drive their growth strategy. Oluwabankole Falade ... had spent more than ten years at MTN when he was recruited by Flutterwave in June 2021 as chief regulatory and government relations officer.

boiling point

Another attack in Cameroon’s South West over land leaves more than 30 dead

In Cameroon's southwest, some 32 people have been killed in a land dispute between the Oliti and Messaga Ekoi communities of Akwaya. But the ... crisis is rooted in the deadly Anglophone crisis that has been ongoing since 2017.

history of decolonisation

Bringing African art home: Beyond a matter of ownership

From the Rosetta Stone to Magdala’s Ethiopian Treasures, the Parthenon’s Marbles to the Bust of Nefertiti, there is an endless list of artefacts ... that can be argued were illegally or unethically taken and put on display around the world far from the cultures that originated the works.

Game-changing developments

Arise IIP, AEE Power, AfCFTA, African culture… Afreximbank’s latest projects

Improving the energy sector, fighting inflation, developing industrial parks, better collaboration on AfCFTA, and developing the continent's ... cultural and creative industries are the latest objectives of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) outlined at its Annual Meetings.

Ballot boxes and election materials are seen at a tallying centre in Kisumu

2 is better than 1

Kenya: Will parallel tallying of results ensure transparency in August poll?

The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has granted media and civil society organisations permission to set up a parallel tallying ... centre that will collect and tabulate results from the August polls.

South African police enter airliner in Cape Town

BLACK SWAN EVENT

South Africa: Comair’s demise a hard lesson for country’s aviation industry

For every $5 rise in the Brent crude oil price, Comair’s profitability reduced by R109m ($6.8m), according to court papers filed by its business ... rescue practitioners (BRPs) seeking the airline’s provisional liquidation.

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Western Belt & Road

G7’s $600bn infrastructure plan aims to compete with China in Africa

US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders on Sunday unveiled a multi-billion-dollar rival to China’s decade-old Belt and Road Initiative ... that is heavy on promises but light on details.

only interests

Uganda: Minister Oryem claims Kampala not backing any side in Rwanda-DRC dispute

Uganda’s rapprochement with Rwanda is continuing at a time when the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) diplomatic spat with Rwanda over ... the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) rebels continues unabated. Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs, Okello Oryem tells The Africa Report that Kampala is taking a neutral position, but sees Rwanda as a closer ally than the DRC.

Window of Opportunity

Moody’s: South Africa turns the corner on public finances as tax office rebuilds capacity

Improved South African performance on tax collection coupled with increased commodity prices are resulting in a turnaround in public finances, ... Moody’s lead analyst for South Africa Aurélien Mali tells The Africa Report.

high tension

Sudan killings risk rekindling border conflict with Ethiopia

On Sunday 26 June, Sudan’s military issued a statement accusing Ethiopian forces of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and one civilian who ... had been held captive. This is heightening tensions between the two countries.