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© Former Ghana New Patriotic Party member, former minister Alan Kyerematen is running for president as an independent. (Ozge Elif Kizil / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

Independent man

Premium badgeExclusive: Ghana’s Alan Kyerematen talks about presidential ambition

Alan Kyerematen, once a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), speaks to The Africa Report about running for president as an independent.

Ibrahim Traoré at Ouagadougou airport, preparing to fly to St Petersburg, 25 July 2023 (©Burkina Faso presidency).

vicious cycle

Burkina’s military govt says it has foiled a coup attempt Officers and other alleged participants in the ‘destabilisation attempt’ have been arrested.
Governor Amos Nyaribo, who heads Nyamira, a region in Western Kenya, could be impeached next week. (X @governornyaribo)

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Kenya: Nyamira governor faces impeachment over abuse of office The governor of Nyamira, a region in western Kenya, is on the spot, facing possible impeachment on Tuesday next week.
Ethiopia Emperor Haile Selassie addresses the League of Nations on 30 June 1936 in Geneva to call for the body to support Ethiopia against Italian fascist aggression. (Public domain)

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© Former Ghana New Patriotic Party member, former minister Alan Kyerematen is running for president as an independent. (Ozge Elif Kizil / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

Independent man

Premium badgeExclusive: Ghana’s Alan Kyerematen talks about presidential ambition Alan Kyerematen, once a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), speaks to The Africa Report about running for president as an independent.
Relations are tense between Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema (pictured) and his neighbour, Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Neighbour issues

Premium badgeZimbabwe/Zambia: Electoral fraud report exposes frosty relations A diplomatic tiff is simmering between Zimbabwe and Zambia, its neighbour to the north.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

Killer squad

Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.

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© Former Ghana New Patriotic Party member, former minister Alan Kyerematen is running for president as an independent. (Ozge Elif Kizil / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

Independent man

Premium badgeExclusive: Ghana’s Alan Kyerematen talks about presidential ambition Alan Kyerematen, once a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), speaks to The Africa Report about running for president as an independent.
Relations are tense between Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema (pictured) and his neighbour, Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Neighbour issues

Premium badgeZimbabwe/Zambia: Electoral fraud report exposes frosty relations A diplomatic tiff is simmering between Zimbabwe and Zambia, its neighbour to the north.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

Killer squad

Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.

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Relations are tense between Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema (pictured) and his neighbour, Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Neighbour issues

Premium badgeZimbabwe/Zambia: Electoral fraud report exposes frosty relations A diplomatic tiff is simmering between Zimbabwe and Zambia, its neighbour to the north.
A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer’s car at the NNPC Mega petrol station in Abuja

nationwide action

Nigeria unions call strike over fuel subsidy fallout Africa’s largest economy has seen living and transport costs heavily impacted after the government ended a petrol subsidy and also the naira.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and current President William Ruto (L) at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative on 27 November 2019. REUTERS/Monica Mwangi

Killer squad

Premium badgeKenya: A year into presidency, Ruto regime stained by Kenyatta ‘sins’ Kenya’s President Ruto vowed to streamline the police force, but allegations of gross human rights violations keep surfacing.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly, September 2023. (Reuters/Bing Guan)

Messaging war

Premium badgeUS suspends military aid to Gabon despite putschists’ appeal at the UN The State Department says it is pausing assistance to Libreville in line with African regional organisations’ condemnation of the 30 August coup.
Amhara Fano militia fighters inside a ransacked terminal at Lalibela airport in 2021. (Solan Kolli / AFP)

protracted conflict

Premium badgeWill the Fano drag Ethiopia back into civil war? Nearly two months after militia fighters briefly seized control of several cities across Amhara, the fate of the region hangs in the balance. Is Ethio...
Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala is Jeune Afrique’s correspondent in the DRC (All rights reserved).

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DRC: Our colleague Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala is refused bail Our correspondent in the DRC is accused of “spreading false rumours”. His lawyers had appealed against his remand in custody.