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Great Mediator in the making?

Egypt / Sudan/ Ethiopia: Will Tshisekedi calm the waters in the GERD dispute?

DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi, who took over the chairmanship of the African Union in February, is to host a first round of dialogue between ... Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute.

coffee with

Nigeria’s Obiageli Ezekwesili: ‘We became a country, not a nation’

Transparency and justice have been her banners over a long and varied career. Now Obiageli Ezekwesili has founded a school to form the political ... leaders of tomorrow and to turn the rage in the street into reform in the corridors of power.

Soak up the Sun

Nigeria’s Starsight Energy plans east Africa solar power expansion

Nigerian solar power provider Starsight Energy plans to expand to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Sola Lawson, managing director and co-head at African ... Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), tells The Africa Report.

deep freeze

Egypt: Transparency International wants to reopen case into Mubarak assets

Although the European Council decided to unfreeze the assets of the Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak's family on 12 March, the NGO Transparency ... International is pushing to reopen the case.

soldier sadism

Ethiopia: Sadism is the most shocking part of the war in Tigray

After I left the capital, I witnessed wanton killing, looting, and destruction. ...

Prospects Recede

Mozambique needs gains in security and corruption in north to develop LNG

Mozambique risks squandering its chance to build prosperity on the back of its reserves of liquefied natural gas unless it can address both the ... security aspects of the militant Islamist insurgency in the north, and the perceptions of corruption which feed it.

under pressure

Angola: Isabel dos Santos accuses President Lourenço of ‘carrying out a plot’ to seize her assets

Tension between Isabel dos Santos and the Angolan presidency is intensifying. She has President João Lourenço of carrying out “a plot” ... to illegally seize her assets.

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Cosying up to the US

Egypt / US: It will take more than glossy propaganda to win over the Biden administration

STARVATION CRIME

Ethiopia: Looming famine in Tigray is the making of ‘starvation crimes’ says report by WPF

kora for the 21st century

Mali: Ballaké Sissoko, the kora’s discreet champion

Cosying up to the US

Egypt / US: It will take more than glossy propaganda to win over the Biden administration

STARVATION CRIME

Ethiopia: Looming famine in Tigray is the making of ‘starvation crimes’ says report by WPF

kora for the 21st century

Mali: Ballaké Sissoko, the kora’s discreet champion

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Slow and steady wins the race

How Senegalese economist Makhtar Diop landed IFC’s top job

At the age of 60, Senegalese economist Makhtar Diop is taking over as head of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank Group). ... This achievement is the result of a lot of hard work and perseverance.

Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo

cordial man

‘Brazil became an exporter of corruption’ says foreign minister Ernesto Araújo

Brazil’s foreign minister wants to draw a line under the Odebrecht scandal and organised crime, building a new relationship with African countries ... through private partnerships and security cooperation.

Egypt Suez Canal

central artery

What a ship stuck in the Suez Canal means for global trade

In the early hours of 23 March, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on its way through the Suez Canal. At 400 metres ... long, the Ever Given is longer than the canal is wide, and the ship became wedged firmly in both banks, completely blocking traffic.

LIMITING TRADE

Kenya’s ban of Ugandan milk points to flaws in soft diplomacy

At the end of 2019, Kenya refused entry of milk from Uganda — its largest trading partner in the region. More than a year later, this 'dairy ... war' remains unresolved. What is behind Nairobi's firm resolve to keep Kampala out?

Sniffing out the competition

US group Raxio to open a data centre in the DRC

The US company Raxio Group's competitors are based in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. To that, the company has decided to set up shop in “secondary ... African markets”, though not very well established, do have promise.

SAA

STEPS TO TAKE-OFF

South Africa: SAA’s original sin is state capture, not Covid says Gordhan

Can South African Airways (SAA) see blue skies after a long and difficult turnaround operation? There are still substantial issues to overcome: ... SAA's debt, the opacity of its accounts, a stand-off with the pilots. But public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan says the problems stem from corruption hangover from the Zuma era: state capture.

Mobile Money 2.0

Airtel Africa’s new investor sees scope for mobile-money expansion

Airtel Africa has the potential to extend the range its mobile-money financial services, says Yemi Lalude, managing partner for Africa at the ... TPG private investment firm.

Frank speaker

Rwanda: ‘I come from the political school of Kagame’ says Mushikiwabo

It was an away match for Louise Mushikiwabo, a foray to the heart of the British establishment. Chatham House, on London’s St James’s Square, ... was home to three British prime ministers before the building was handed over, in the aftermath of the First World War, to academics and diplomats charged with analysing crises and preventing war.

possible successor?

Cameroon: A who’s who of Franck Biya’s inner circle, President Biya’s son

Officially, Franck Biya, the son of Cameroon's President Paul Biya, has no political ambitions. As discreet as he is influential with his father, ... he has made efforts to surround himself with childhood friends and relatives, most of whom have economic or financial backgrounds.

Report findings revealed

Rwandan genocide was ‘a French political, institutional and moral failure’ says Duclert Commission

The researchers of the Duclert Commission, who have been investigating France’s role in the Rwandan genocide, have just officially presented ... their findings to French President Emmanuel Macron. They point out numerous institutional and moral “failings”.

Operation Makeover

Cameroon: President Biya is trying to shine the country’s tarnished image

Handicapped in recent years by a series of crises - political, security and economic - Cameroon wants to reassert its position as a regional ... power. However, it must meet many challenges if it wants to convince people that the country’s situation is improving.

power grabbing

Chad: Could Idriss Déby Itno’s 30 years in power come to an end?

Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has ruled since 1990, is gearing up to take on his sixth mandate as head of state. ...

arbitrary detention

Does arbitrary detention in Uganda infringe on human rights?

In Uganda, there have been widespread allegations of arbitrary detention and torture of members of the opposition. ...