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Senegal elections: A faltering presidential camp

There will be a run-off in the Senegalese elections between incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade and former Prime Minister and main candidate Macky ... Sall.

Zimbabwe’s bodysnatchers

An inquest into the death of a powerful and political general in a mysterious house fire is unearthing many inconsistencies in the government's ... version of events.

A Congolese fairytale: Discovering Berlin Silver Bear’s best actress

Rachel Mwanza is the first African to receive the Berlin Silver Bear for Best actress. Mwanza's story is a fairytale like no other. ...

Publishing Africa Writers Series celebrates 50 years

This year bring the renaissance of the African Writers Series (AWS), now run by Pearson's publishing arm Longman after the original publisher, ... Heinemann Educational Books, stopped issuing new works because of financial problems.

ECOWAS lagging behind SADC, EAC, COMESA in integration

Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama has urged leaders of the Ecowas sub-region to demonstrate more commitment towards the integration ... effort in order to make the region globally competitive.

Huawei, ZTE eye Ethiopian telecom

Chinese mobile telecommunication firms are scrambling for a stake in the Ethiopia's mobile platform after the government of that country indicated ... that it would undertake a US$1.2 billion expansion project.

Poor Sanitation costing Ghana hundreds of millions

Poor sanitation is costing Ghana $290 million each year or about 1.6 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), research has shown. ...

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international intrigue

Burkina Faso, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire… Ari Ben-Menashe, lobbyist for countries in crisis

merry-go-round

Ethiopia: Getachew Reda rejoins the government he once fought

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Ghana: Special Prosecutor unpaid for 17 months as anti-graft advocates fume

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Zimbabwe match fixing scandal turns deadly

A match fixing scandal rocking Zimbabwe's has sucked in the country's feared spy organisation after an agent was arrested for threatening the ... head of the football association with death to force him to stop investigations.

Zimbabwe dominates Zuma’s Botswana, Namibia visits

South African President Jacob Zuma's visits this week to Botswana and Namibia are officially said to "promote the African agenda" but Zimbabwe ... crisis could be smuggled into the discussions.

Sudan: Displaced indigenous people return to a peaceful Darfur

After a decade of survival in refugee camps across the sub-region, Darfurians are returning to their homes in the hope that peace and security ... has returned to Western Sudan.

Yemen’s Saleh seeks asylum in Ethiopia

Former Yemen leader, Ali Adullah Saleh, who has transferred power to his deputy, reportedly arrived in Ethiopia at the weekend after seeking ... asylum in the Horn of Africa country.

Senegal elections: Wade is not the people’s choice

Deemed by many as unconstitutional, the widely contested Senegalese presidential elections have turned out to be tighter than expected. ...

Wikileaks and Stratfor: Sex, intrigue and a bit of vengeance

It's no secret that Wikileaks has begun a five million email dump disclosing intelligence reports exchanged between Texas-based "geopolitical ... analyst" firm Stratfor and its clients globally.??

South Africa tries to solve its employment dilemma

South Africa's unions, business leaders and politicians need to create partnerships and work together if the country is to catch up with its ... BRIC peers.

Money Transfers: Reducing the high costs

Remittances from migrants to their countries of origin increased from US$248 billion to US$363.5 billion between 2010 and 2011. ...

Uganda: Minister’s directive on gays raises storm

A recent decision by a Ugandan government minister that parliament slow down on proposed anti-homosexuality laws has drawn the ire of some people, ... who accuse the government of promoting the practice.

Africa talking to Beijing: West Africa

Tough governments are able to get the most out of the rise in emerging-market interest in Africa. Here is one example of countries trying to ... get beyond the 'win-win' rhetoric in engagements with their Chinese partners.

Africa talking to Beijing: Zimbabwe

Tough governments are able to get the most out of the rise in emerging-market interest in Africa. Here is one example of countries trying to ... get beyond the 'win-win' rhetoric in engagements with their Chinese partners.

Zimbabwe’s $100 billion dream

After a decade of economic collapse blamed on long serving President Robert Mugabe's opaque economic policies, Zimbabwe is daring to dream ... again.

Africa talking to China: South Africa

Tough governments are able to get the most out of the rise in emerging-market interest in Africa. Here is one example of countries trying to ... get beyond the 'win-win' rhetoric in engagements with their Chinese partners.

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