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mountain climber

AFCON Ghana look to Partey after gloomy start

The national outcry at Ghana’s poor start, amplified by the 1-1 draw with Gabon on Friday night, has become entangled with a sense that the ... Black Stars' most expensive player, Thomas Partey, is once again failing to make the expected impact.

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A man holds Ghana's cedi notes in Accra

mobilising domestic revenue

Ghana turns to domestic taxes to finance development over money market woes

Limited access to the international money market has forced managers of Ghana's economy to look inwards for much needed revenue to finance its ... development. Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta now says raising money from domestic taxes is the way to go.

Trouble maker?

Algeria/Morocco: Latest World Bank economic report causes further tensions

The World Bank’s latest report on Algeria’s economic situation has created a media-diplomatic-political conflict, in spite of itself. Published ... on 22 December, just before the end-of-year holiday season, it could have gone unnoticed had it not been for the official press agency Algérie Presse Service (APS).

malaysia connection

Nigeria’s: Is Obi Cubana the king of nightlife or a drug kingpin?

After hosting one of Africa’s most lavish parties last year, Nigerian socialite, Obi Cubana, grabbed international headlines but also came ... on the government’s radar in the process. While he is believed to be the king of nightlife, authorities are now working on the assumption that his night club business is just a smoke screen for illegal narcotics enterprise

investing woes

Ghana: Is the preferred investment destination becoming Africa’s fading star?

Over the past five years, Ghana has operated a charitable fiscal regime that encouraged more spending from borrowed funds even as revenues failed ... to impress. Now the country is roughing its golden hen to help make up for the fallouts.

Equity Strategy

Sanlam, Old Mutual poised for South Africa life-insurance recovery: Barclays

Shares in South African life insurers Sanlam and Old Mutual are undervalued and don’t reflect their prospects for recovery, according to a ... research note from Barclays.

Holding on

Brussels Airlines takes advantage of health crisis to outdo competitors in Africa

After relaunching its flights on the continent in June 2020, Brussels Airlines is making an effort to resist the crisis and beat out its competitors, ... especially Air France.

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Flight of the white coats

Why Africa is losing its doctors

Man in charge

Burkina Faso: Who is Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the man at the head of the junta?

Spoiler splits

Zimbabwe: Are President Mnangagwa’s spoiler parties imploding?

Flight of the white coats

Why Africa is losing its doctors

Man in charge

Burkina Faso: Who is Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the man at the head of the junta?

Spoiler splits

Zimbabwe: Are President Mnangagwa’s spoiler parties imploding?

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Divisive topic

Israel’s return to African Union is creating division among member states

Israel’s readmission to the African Union (AU) as an observer has still not been confirmed, as some AU member countries have raised objections. ... Is this an indicator of more serious divisions?

35 YEARS

Uganda: From Reagan to Biden, the ebb and flow of the US-Museveni relationship

Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has outlasted six United States presidents and maintained a stable relationship, attracting investments ... from US firms and development aid. In the past three and a half decades, Museveni’s alliance with Washington has defined the relationship that is mainly centered on fighting terrorism and combating the HIV/AIDs scourge.

Ejector seat

Zimbabwe: Why Mnangagwa fired his right-hand man, Owen Ncube

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is struggling to unite and stabilise the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), ... especially after December's internal elections. So is the firing of his right-hand man, Owen Ncube, based on his having encouraged political violence during the recent polls in Midlands Province? Or is it a move to gain the trust of the party, proving he can do away with his closest confidant?

U.S. President Biden and Vice President Harris give speeches at Atlanta University Center Consortium

STATE-BUILDING

Biden seeks to partner with Europe for Sahel nation-building

The US is looking to join France and other partners in the Sahel as the international community shifts from counterterrorism to institution-building ... in the conflict-prone region.

Changing alliances

DRC: Leaders of Kabila’s PPRD tempted by the Tshisekedi camp

A seven-second video made the rounds on social media. On 3 January, in the middle of his Grand Kasaï tour, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ... President Félix Tshisekedi landed in Tshikapa. At each of his stops, a host of officials awaited him as he got off the presidential plane. Among them was Évariste Boshab, one of the most important figures in the Joseph Kabila system.

Alpha Condé in Addis Ababa, February 2020.

exit route

Guinea: Alpha Conde has left Conakry for Abu Dhabi

According to our sources, the plane carrying the former Guinean president, a Gulfstream G-IV, took off from Ahmed Sekou Touré International ... Airport in the early afternoon of 17 January.

Accelerator

Nigeria: Ventures Platform aims to use $40m fundraising to load up on fintech

Nigerian start-up investor Ventures Platform is seeking funds to increase its exposure to domestic fintech, founding partner Kola Aina tells ... The Africa Report.

Former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

end of an era

Mali: Ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, IBK, dead at 76

Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta died at his home early Sunday 16 January. Forced to resign following a military putsch in August ... 2020, the former head of state had since retired from public life.

Vincent Aboubakar during the Cameroon-Burkina Faso African Cup of Nations match at the Paul Biya stadium on 9 January 2022

shot monster

AFCON Cameroon: Can Vincent Aboubakar be a star at home?

Cameroon's striker Vincent Aboubakar, who scored both goals in the opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations against Burkina Faso (2-1), does ... not have the same aura as his illustrious predecessors Milla, Omam-Biyik, Mboma or Eto'o.

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Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun

south west spotlight

Nigeria: 5 things to know about Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor

Born into the royal family of Iperu on 29 May 1960, Dapo Abiodun was elected governor of Ogun State on the ticket of the ruling All Progressive’s ... Congress in 2019 and is rarely out of the headlines.

A FIFA banner is displayed before a match in Al Khor, Qatar

tainted love

AFCON: ‘Colonial’ FIFA casts shadow over Motsepe’s new era

Opponents lambasted FIFA's “colonialism” when decision-making effectively moved from Cairo to Zurich in the summer of 2019. Now that CAF ... is formally standing on its own two feet, Patrice Motsepe still faces criticism for cleaving too closely to outsider interests.

beginning of justice

South Africa: Will action be taken following state capture report?

No self-respecting theatre critic would dream of reviewing a three-Act play during the interval at the end of the first Act. But that is what ... one is compelled to do after South Africa’s State Capture Commission released Part 1 of its inquiry report.

Strike in the new year

Ghana: Weak economy, high cost of living will drive more strikes warn experts

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo's government is grappling with at least five sit-down strikes just two weeks into the New Year. Experts say ... high cost of living will trigger more turbulences in the labour front this year in the West African country.