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Angola: Isabel dos Santos indicted for embezzlement and more

The noose is tightening around the daughter of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos. After the release of the "Luanda Leaks", the ... Angolan courts have swung into action.

Tripoli stalemate

Libya trapped between a strategy of chaos and the spectre of a new dictatorship

With no foreseeable political agreement in sight, war and chaos continue to prevail, while Turkey and Russia are emerging as the new key players ... in the Libyan crisis.

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Sudan’s deep state still poses a threat to the democratic process

Fixing the security question remains a priority for Sudan's transition to work. ...

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Papal policy-making

Priestly celibacy: Guinean Cardinal Sarah publishes controversial book co-authored by Benoît XVI

Fervently defending priestly celibacy in a book initially published as co-authored by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Guinean cardinal Robert Sarah ... openly takes issue with Pope Francis’ position on the matter.

Uniting the front

France’s Macron and G5 Sahel presidents united against jihadists

At a summit meeting in Pau, France, in mid-January, President Emmanuel Macron and the heads of the G5 Sahel adopted a joint declaration to strengthen ... their military and political cooperation against Sahelian jihadist groups.

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Monday, 20 January 2020

Taking hostages

Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: SDF in turmoil as local elections approach

The opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF), destabilised by the mass exodus of its militants, most of whom have become the target of separatist ... militias, is divided over its participation in the local elections of 9 February.

Friday, 17 January 2020

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Anglophone West Africa kicks back at use of Eco to replace CFA franc

The decision to call the CFA franc replacement currency the 'Eco' has caused a major rift in the region - and underlines the struggle between ... Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire for regional influence.

Thursday, 16 January 2020

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Libya is the new front between al-Sisi and Erdogan

The antagonism between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is nothing new, but the two heads ... of state are not even bothering to keep up appearances.

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Kenya in 2020: higher taxes, higher debt, more referendums

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, nearing the end of his second term amid an economic downturn and political shifts, announced a raft of changes ... in a televised address on 14 January, of which the “primary thrust…was economic.”

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Soro's setbacks

Côte d’Ivoire: Does Guillaume Soro still have a future in politics?

Suspected of “attempting to undermine the authority of the state,” the former president of the national assembly is the target of an international ... arrest warrant that has jeopardised his presidential ambitions. Now a die-hard opponent, can he ever make a comeback?

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