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Ethiopia Tigray Demonstration

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Ethiopia: Is the TPLF or Addis Ababa winning the PR war in the US?

Ethiopia's government has been facing mounting pressure amidst internal conflict in Tigray and regional tensions around its Grand Renaissance ... Dam (GERD). In an effort to smooth over relations with the US - a once powerful ally - Addis Ababa has hired law firm Holland & Knight to assist with lobbying actions in Washington. What strategy is Abiy Ahmed's government taking?

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Somalia: How climate insecurity can trigger more conflict

Climate change effects such as droughts, flash floods, erratic rainfall, disruption to the monsoon seasons, strong winds, cyclones, sandstorms, ... dust storms and increased temperature are being experienced across Somalia.

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France to invest in South African production of vaccines to bridge shortfall

Concerns over vaccine inequality in Africa were the focus of the French President Emmanuel Macron's brief meeting with his South African counterpart ... Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria.

France Egypt

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‘Egypt is a very useful partner for a declining France’ says analyst

France may talk the talk when it comes to its concerns over Egypt's handling of human rights, but at the end of the day, the African country ... is its best customer of arms and closest ally in the fight against political Islam.

Virus Outbreak South Africa

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South Africa: Covid scandal could jab Health Minister Mkhize’s presidential ambitions

South Africa's health minister Zweli Mkhize is the latest and the most high profile government leader to become embroiled in the country's growing ... list of Covid-19-related scandals, so far totalling almost R2bn ($146m).

ECOWAS mediators delegation meet with Vice President Goita, in Bamako

Silent approval

Mali: Ecowas indirectly endorses Goïta’s appointment as president

Although Mali has been suspended from Ecowas, and the West African heads of state have condemned the second coup d'état led by Assimi Goïta ... in less than a year, it has remained silent regarding his appointment as president.

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big lenders

Africa’s biggest official lender: China or the World Bank?

In an oft-cited 2019 working paper titled "China’s Overseas Lending," we read that China has become the world’s "largest official creditor, ... easily surpassing the IMF or the World Bank…"

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Côte d’Ivoire: International Counter-Terrorism Academy officially open

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Hanging Separately?

Naspers shareholder Excelsia unimpressed by Prosus response

great wall of silence

Can Nigeria afford China’s internet wall to silence online critics?

one-of-a-kind

Côte d’Ivoire: International Counter-Terrorism Academy officially open

naspers

Hanging Separately?

Naspers shareholder Excelsia unimpressed by Prosus response

great wall of silence

Can Nigeria afford China’s internet wall to silence online critics?

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Virgin Market

Ethiopia: After Vodacom license win, Mondia Pay in joint-venture talks

Mondia‘s digital payments unit Mondia Pay is in joint-venture talks with the aim of entering Ethiopia, CEO Simon Rahmann tells The Africa Report. ...

Caution is key

Copper, iron, oil: Should African producers believe in the ‘super-cycle’?

Industrial commodity prices are soaring, leading some to predict a sustained surge. However, the experts who wrote the Cyclope report have their ... reservations.

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Is Mali experiencing a coup within a coup?

On the afternoon of 24 May, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the ... armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in Kati, a camp that has been at the heart of every coup that has taken place in the country.

Looking ahead

Palm oil, timber, cocoa: What to expect from Africa in 2021

As a result of the ongoing health crisis, agricultural commodity prices are rapidly increasing, driven by strong Chinese demand. This trend is ... expected to continue, according to the findings of the latest CyclOpe report.

Zimbabwe Virus Outbreak

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Zimbabwe: A who’s who in Mnangagwa’s power network of clansmen

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa time as head of the country has been marred by tyranny and dictatorship while he surrounds himself with ... people from his Midlands Province to keep him in power. A strategy he has been perfecting since assuming the presidency in 2017.

Interest Free

Islamic finance needs regulatory change to take off in sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa needs regulatory reforms if Islamic finance is to realise its growth potential in the region, Islamic fintech hub founder ... Wahida Mohamed tells The Africa Report.

Uganda's President Museveni attends a swearing-in ceremony for his sixth elective term in Kampala

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Uganda/DRC: Kampala offers security and roads for minerals

The diplomatic relationship between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been fluctuating -worsening and improving - during the ... 35 years that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. But a new deal could steer the fairweather friendship towards a win-win situation.

An unlikely reconciliation?

Qatar – Côte d’Ivoire: Doha is slowly expanding its influence

From air transport to finance and infrastructure, Qatar has been steadily expanding its influence in Côte d'Ivoire. ...

2nd in command

Côte d’Ivoire: Adama Bictogo, at the heart of Ouattara’s RHDP party

Côte d’Ivoire's Adama Bictogo, the RHDP party’s number two, is a patient man. He has known President Alassane Ouattara for more than a quarter ... of a century, but acknowledges that he has nothing to gain by leaving the pack too soon. Will he ever be able to aim higher than simply being a shrewd politician and businessman?

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China’s cryptocurrency in Africa should not worry the US

There’s growing unease in Washington that last month’s launch of a new Chinese digital yuan threatens the dollar’s preeminence as the world’s ... reserve currency.

the coup within a coup

Mali: Assimi Goïta is playing a dangerous game

Assimi Goïta, the former vice-president of Mali’s transition government, now President, has taken everyone by surprise by leading a second ... coup in nine months. But how far can he go in the face of international pressure?

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo may face a hung parliament.

On Merit

Ghana’s development bank needs professional, not political appointments

Ghana’s planned development bank won’t reach its full potential unless it can break with the culture of institutional appointments being ... used as a form of political patronage.

June joys

Africa in June: Ethiopia’s polls, Japanese fundraising, ‘Afrofuturistic’ art

The month of June is set to be a busy one for the continent - from Ethiopian national elections, to Japanese financiers fundraising for African ... start-ups.