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Tuesday, 10 September 2019

behind the scenes

The global competition over Libya spreads to Moscow and Beijing

On 26 August 2019, the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France, produced a common declaration on the world’s most pressing issues. ...

Dangers of dividends

Uganda: Still not safe for investors to go back into the water with Tullow Oil

The collapse of Tullow’s agreement worth $900m to sell a stake in the Lake Albert, Uganda project to Total and China’s CNOOC leaves the company ... needing to raise cash to keep its debt-reduction programme on track.

prince in exile

Senegal: The heir apparent, Karim Wade

Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade has chosen his son, Karim Wade as the new strongman of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). ...

Monday, 9 September 2019

people in power

DRC: Who’s who in the new ministerial crew

More than three-quarters of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s new ministers are in cabinet for the very first time. Each new appointment has ... been fiercely debated.

e-silk road

China e-giant Alibaba searching for African gems

Alibaba, the Chinese online retail giant, wants to build up Africa’s private sector using its new outward focus. ...

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False promise

Zimbabwe’s EcoCash woes show dangers of early reliance on mobile money

Mobile money is not showing up at the crisis facing Zimbabwe. ...

exiled by force

Life after power – Burkina Faso: Blaise Compaoré, homesick blues

Exiled in Côte d'Ivoire since 2014, the former head of state lives comfortably, but dreams of the day when he can finally return to his home ... in Burkina Faso.

Saturday, 7 September 2019

counter point

Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played

The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played. ...

Friday, 6 September 2019

regime change

Robert Mugabe: vain, insecure, cocooned

The death of Robert Mugabe in Singapore on the 6th of September, 2019, comes hardly two years since he was ousted in the 15 November 2017 coup, ... led by the very persons – namely, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Constantino Chiwenga – in whom Mugabe had restored both his confidence and security.

orange county

Kenya: Odinga’s crucial Kibra by-election approaches

A by-election in a Nairobi constituency is widening the rifts inside Kenya’s governing party. This comes as the main opposition party prepares ... to defend a seat, historically linked to its leader.

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