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Mission Critical

Mozambique: Attack on Palma leaves Total’s LNG plans exposed

The attack by the Islamic militant group Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) on the town of Palma in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province ... raises the risks of failure for Total’s onshore development of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

crimes against humanity

Liberia: 15 years later, we remember the long hunt for Charles Taylor

15 years ago today on 29 March 2006, the former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor was arrested in Nigeria and sent to the Special Court for Sierra ... Leone. To mark this anniversary, we retrace this hunt and arrest of the first African head of state to be arrested by international justice.

fast fusion

Moringa, fonio, baobab… the (re)discovery of African superfoods

Paris may be a gastronomic capital, but chefs, nutritionists and scientists from Africa's diaspora are rediscovering and promoting the virtues ... of natural foods from the continent. They are finding a large range of products that are easier to digest, with low glycemic index and numerous other health benefits. Move over, croissant...

DRC: ‘There was pain and tragedy in the Congo, but no genocide’ – Patrick de Saint-Exupéry

Was there a genocide in the DRC? In his book ‘La Traversée’ (The Journey), Patrick de Saint-Exupéry recounts his Congolese odyssey on the ... trail of Rwandan Hutu refugees and tries to answer this persistent question.

INTERNET ACCESS

Fibre optic in DRC: Strive Masiyiwa’s group plans to deploy a 4000km network

After laying 2,500 km of optical fibre in the western DRC, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwean group Econet Wireless, ... plans to deploy a new 4,000km network between the central-southern area and the east of the country.

sasol

Smoke and Mirrors

Global investors criticise Sasol over greenhouse gas reduction targets

A global alliance of institutional investors has criticised South African energy and chemicals company Sasol for its strategy on reducing greenhouse ... gas emissions, and called on South African investors to press the company for action.

People shelter under a truck carrying the coffins of people killed by the Fulani herdsmen, in Makurdi

collapse of trust

Nigeria: Yoruba/Fulani relations at breaking point, as Buhari security promises ring hollow

For centuries, Yoruba farmers and Fulani pastoralists have co-existed in the southwest. Although the relations between the two groups have not ... been entirely conflict-free, the recent spate of violence threatened to push the largely peaceful relationship over the edge. Now, Yoruba groups are calling for secession, and northern leaders are struggling to maintain unity.

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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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election credibility

Zambia’s new voters’ register is a scam

On 12 August 2021 Zambians will head to the polls to vote in general elections held once every five years. ...

Another victim of Covid-19

Promised ‘synergies’ between Sanlam and Saham delayed

The pan-African insurance leader has managed to maintain its revenues despite the ongoing health crisis, but its margin is collapsing and the ... integration of Moroccan Saham's African assets is dragging on.

Nationwide civil unrest

Senegal: President Macky Sall under fire for Sonko affair

Confronted with urban riots after the judicial indictment of oppositionist leader Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s President Macky Sall is experiencing ... the most serious crisis since his accession to power.

The Sequel Question

Coming 2 America: The trouble with Zamunda

In 'Coming 2 America', the sequel to the classic rom-com 'Coming to America', two new characters discuss the rationale (or lack thereof) of sequels ... in Hollywood movies.

Broken Supply Chains

Food inflation may be Nigeria’s biggest hit from Covid-19

Supply-chain disruption caused by Covid-19 has laid bare Nigeria’s structural inability to produce and distribute enough food. ...

Much work left to do

Covid-19: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame lobbies for the African Medicines Agency

Only two African countries have ratified the African Union's treaty for the creation of the African Medicines Agency, two years after its adoption. ... However, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame intends to make up for this delay.

Double threat?

Nigeria: Is there a Christian Jihad?

While Boko Haram monopolises the attention in northern Nigeria, in the south, some insurgent groups use religious arguments and claim to be Jesus’ ... followers to justify their rebellion.

Members of the Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA), chant slogans in support of former South African president Jacob Zuma, as they attend a public inquiry into state graft, in Johannesburg

rank rebellion

South Africa: Who is behind the pro-Zuma ANC military ‘veterans’?

Concerns have been mounting over attempts by an increasingly militant faction in South Africa’s governing African National Congress to mobilise ... support for former president Jacob Zuma in his efforts to defy the law. How far might they go?

Credit Score

Nigerian fintech Indicina close to completing fundraising

Indicina, a Nigerian start-up provider of automated tools for credit assessment, is close to raising $1m from investors, managing director Yvonne ... Johnson tells The Africa Report.

POWER AND INFLUENCE

Nigeria’s Tinubu: Will the lion of Bourdillon roar again?

Bola Tinubu may dismiss speculation that he is running for the 2023 presidential elections, but political insiders see him as a front-runner, ... alongside Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, and Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.

The world according to the Jagaban

Nigeria: Who’s who in Tinubu’s network: Family, friends, politicians and business allies

Understand the power of Nigeria's best-networked politician: Bola Tinubu has spent a lifetime constructing alliances across regional and party ... lines.

Ghana's Tema Port

boatload of questions

How Vincent Bolloré won Ghana’s Tema port contract

A new leaked report obtained by Africa Confidential shows how French ports and media billionaire gained control of Ghana's busiest port, at the ... expense of the public purse.

out with the aged and in with the youth?

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara’s new government, who is likely to stay or get the boot?

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara is due to unveil the composition of his new government in the coming days. But already, the names ... of certain politicians are being persistently mentioned.