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Somali families flee to capital, fearing U.S. airstrikes

veneer of working government

How Somalia become an isomorphic state: All form, no function

Somalia is a country at odds with itself. The country’s fate isn’t in its own hands and the leaders don’t have the public's interest at ... heart.

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The Africa CDC was crucial in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic

Two types of images have dominated the global media’s coverage of Africa the past year. ...

mining competition

DRC: Artisanal miners are being marginalised by larger ones

Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign ... direct investment.

gig economy

How can banks participate in fulfilling the needs of Africa’s rising gig economy?

Informal employment represents 80-90% of the total workforce in most African countries, forming the bulk of the workforce. ...

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Tanzania: The legacy of Magufuli and the beginning for Suluhu

building ties

Turkey’s vision in Africa is ‘sustainable and human-centric’

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Africa continues to suffer from White Elephants – David Ndii

end of an era

Tanzania: The legacy of Magufuli and the beginning for Suluhu

building ties

Turkey’s vision in Africa is ‘sustainable and human-centric’

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Africa continues to suffer from White Elephants – David Ndii

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Restructural adjustment

An IMF tilt to Africa

No one is rushing to reclaim the term, but the signs are that there is a new ‘Washington consensus’. Member states of the IMF are set to ... approve a $650bn issue of its Special Drawing Rights reserve currency.

Virus Outbreak Nigeria Vaccines

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To President Buhari: ‘There is still time to become Nigeria’s universal health coverage hero’

President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on another medical tourism trip to the UK for two weeks. By the time he comes back to the country next ... week, he will have spent more than 200 days going on medical tourism since he was sworn-in as Nigeria’s President in May 2015. In comparison, millions of Nigerians do not have access to healthcare and have no form of health insurance cover.

Virus Outbreak South Africa Liquor Sales Resume

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China’s growing thirst helps South Africa’s wines cope with Covid downturn

Whilst Covid-19 disrupted trade flows across the globe and pushed industries into financial trouble, the South African wine sector has, somewhat ... remarkably, been spared.

questionable track record

Has ECOWAS made West Africa a safer place?

In an article published in 1994 titled 'The Coming Anarchy', the American journalist Robert Kaplan predicted an impending Armageddon for West ... Africa due to what he considered its notoriety for breeding crime, coups and tyrannical regimes. 26 years later, it bears examining whether the region has measured up to this grim forecast.

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A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia.

war without end

Ethiopia: Tigray, Sudan, Amhara… The multiple crises of Abiy Ahmed

Despite a promise from Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed that Eritrean troops will leave the region, it is likely the war will continue unabated until ... at least the start of the rainy season in June.

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BOOK REVIEW Nigeria: Leaving the Tarmac, by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Too often, founders and executives of businesses in Nigeria do not leave a trace of what they have done. In this review of 'Leaving the Tarmac. ... Buying a Bank in Africa' by the founder of Coronation Capital, and Managing Director of Access Bank, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Folahanmi Fagbule celebrates the transparency delivered by biography.

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