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Hurt me once, shame on you

Mali: Is Senegal the big ‘loser’ when it comes to Ecowas sanctions?

Will Ecowas’ decision to suspend the goods trade and its financing - to and from Mali - end up hurting Senegal? And, by the same token, benefit ... Guinea and Mauritania? For now, everything remains uncertain.

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa gestures while addressing a rally of his Movement for Democratic Change party in Harare

name games

Zimbabwe: Will the MDC Alliance led by Chamisa need to rebrand?

Within Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance faction, the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora, has announced it will field its candidates ... under the banner of MDC Alliance, a name used by Chamisa’s party in the upcoming by-elections. In response, will Chamisa rebrand, boycott the polls or keep the MDC Alliance banner?

Political dilemma

Kenya 2022: ANC party leader Mudavadi’s fortunes dwindle

With his vocal foot soldiers divided over whether to form a coalition with deputy president William Ruto or former prime minister Raila Odinga, ... Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi finds himself at a crossroad. Will he go it alone or choose to rally behind one of his rivals in the presidential race billed as one of the most competitive in the country’s history?

after you

Nigeria: Femi Otedola, Tunde Hassan-Odukale, and the battle to control First Bank

What is really going on in the race by many Nigerian businessmen to acquire a controlling interest in the country’s oldest bank, First Bank ... Nigeria Plc? In October last year billionaire Femi Otedola quietly acquired stakes worth N30bn in Nigeria's oldest and biggest financial institution by assets, First Bank of Nigeria Holdings, in an attempt to control a majority stake.

Sunrise Industry

Digital Realty plans more African data centre investment after Teraco purchase

Global data centre provider Digital Realty Trust plans further investments in Africa after agreeing to buy South Africa’s Teraco, Digital Realty ... CFO Andy Power tells The Africa Report.

Ethiopian PM Ahmed addresses Ethiopian diaspora in Washington

welcome back

Ethiopia: ‘Challenge Accepted’ as Abiy calls Diaspora home for Christmas

Thousands of diaspora Ethiopians are returning to their homeland this month after the government called on them to visit as part of an initiative ... dubbed “The Great Ethiopian Homecoming”.

Mali's Adama "Malouda" Traore, right, jumps up to avoid a slide tackle by Tunisia's Bilel Ifa, during the African Cup of Nations 2022 group F soccer match between Tunisia and Mali at the Limbe Omnisport Stadium in Limbe, Cameroon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

from congo to cold bath

AFCON: Mali’s Adama Traoré – The TP Mazembe trampoline

Adama Traore of Mali, who now plays in Moldova, made his name during his long stay at TP Mazembe, from 2013 to 2018. The striker is also one ... of the big guns of his national team, which faces Mauritania on Sunday at the AFCON Africa Cup of Nations, held in Cameroon.

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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?

Africa in 2022

Nigeria 2023: Who will succeed President Buhari?

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?

Africa in 2022

Nigeria 2023: Who will succeed President Buhari?

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China's role

‘Africa’s debt situation remains worrying….but there’s good news’

Despite promising signs of a continuing global economic recovery in 2022, the African debt situation remains worrying. Over 20 low-income African ... countries were in debt distress or at risk of debt distress in autumn 2021 according to the IMF.

CAF: Véron Mosengo-Omba FIFA’s point man in Africa

FIFA has never been so attentive to African football as in recent years. Involved from near and afar in many projects, the body - headed by Gianni ... Infantino - is influencing the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Its principal ally: Véron Mosengo-Omba, secretary general of the confederation.

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Budget problems

DRC’s Alingete & Nsaa-Nsaabe: Tug-of-war on defining financial mismangement

Jules Alignete is head of the "Inspection Générale des Finances", while Izemengia Nsaa-Nsaa presides over the Court of Auditors. Each has his ... own definition of “mismanagement.” Behind this technical tug-of-war, there is a very political issue at stake.

Proposal of Ghana's National Cathedral (Facebook)

Ripple effect

Ghana pushes national cathedral project despite economic wobbles

The building of Ghana's national cathedral, due to be completed in December, is a beacon of hope for Christian supporters of the government in ... the country - but for some oppositionists and those of other faiths it has been a source of controversy.

Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija charged with communications offences

another is silenced

Uganda: Arrest of Museveni critic sparks debate over freedom of expression

The last message that Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a Ugandan author tweeted on 28 December 2021 was that gunmen were breaking into his house. And ... that was his last day of freedom. His detention has triggered debate on shrinking freedom of speech in Uganda on what a person can and can't tweet about the first family.

A Gambia supporter waves a flag before the Group F Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 football match between Mauritania and Gambia at Limbe Omnisport Stadium in Limbe on January 12, 2022.

bring a friend

AFCON in Cameroon: Why the stadiums remain empty

The exceptional atmosphere of the opening match of the African Cup of Nations has died down and the host country is struggling to fill its stands. ... Several obstacles have dampened the enthusiasm of the fans...

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new debt vehicle

Ethiopia: Accelerating reforms by taking on new debt

While a new public corporation to deal with debts is a step in the right direction, financing it is a major challenge. ...

Grounded

Kenya-UAE flight bans show need for global digital cooperation on Covid

The ban by the United Arab Emirates on passenger flights from Kenya shows the need for international digital co-operation on Covid-19 vaccination ... status, Kefa Nyakundi, CEO of Africa Risk Management Advisors in Nairobi, tells The Africa Report.

Got your back

Mali: Is Guinea’s Doumbouya taking a risk to support Goïta?

Guinea's Mamadi Doumbouya has decided not to respect the sanctions that Ecowas has put in place against Mali, as it is keeping its borders with ... its neighbour open. Is this a gesture of solidarity between putschists or is Conakry taking a gamble?

Operation: Africa

Qatar: 10 things to know about Abdullah Mohammed al-Jaber, the emirate’s ‘Mr. Africa’

Appointed in December as head of the Foreign Ministry's Africa department, Abdullah Mohammed al-Jaber is responsible for expanding Qatar's networks ... on the continent. In this area, Doha is starting almost from scratch.

A general view shows a crowd and shops at Al Ataba, a market in central Cairo

austerity riots?

Egypt: Can austerity measures indirectly curtail population growth?

Egypt has been witnessing economic reforms that have added to its population’s financial woes for over five years. More austerity measures ... are on the horizon as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stresses that parents should not count on the state to feed their children.

Sebastien Haller joined the Ivorian national team in November 2020

goodbye blues

AFCON Côte d’Ivoire: Why Sebastien Haller preferred the Elephants to France

Sebastien Haller, the Franco-Ivorian striker from Ajax Amsterdam was eligible for selection for the French national team. But in 2020, he has ... chosen to wear the Ivorian jersey.

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A general view of Mozambique's Sasol's gas project is seen in Temane, at the Inhambane province, Mozambique

Equitable Transition?

Mozambique can benefit from EU plans to recognise LNG as green fuel, says Absa bank

Mozambique is leading a group of African countries that stands to benefit if the European Union follows through on proposals to classify liquid ... natural gas (LNG) as a green fuel.