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Politics

Monday, 17 February 2020

Gambia President Adama Barrow

hold tight

Adama Barrow to cling on despite promise to stay only three years

Has Adama Barrow developed a taste for power? At his inauguration in early 2017, he promised to stay in office for only three years. He has since ... changed his mind, much to the displeasure of his former allies.

Thursday, 13 February 2020

private individual

DRC: Kalev Mutond, former spy boss, arrested for illegal passport

Kalev Mutond was arrested Wednesday at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa. According to our sources, the former head of the National Intelligence ... Agency was questioned at the premises of his former services before being released.

red card

FIFA’s reform proposals will damage African football

FIFA has ended its 6-month management takeover of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). But the future of the game on the continent is ... still clouded with uncertainty.

Jaynet Kabila, Joseph Kabila's twin sister

sibling stop

Jaynet Kabila in DRC: the FCC denounces one “provocation too many”

On 30 January, at Ndjili-Kinshasa airport, an officer from the Directorate General of Migration (DGM) removed the sister of former President ... Joseph Kabila from the plane in which she had boarded and which was about to take off for South Africa.

back up

Nigeria wants to postpone the Eco in regional currency set-back

In a statement on its Twitter account, the Nigerian presidency asked for the launch of the eco — the future single currency of West Africa ... — to be postponed.

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Wednesday, 12 February 2020

coalition wobbles

Felix Tshisekedi audits his emergency program, troubles partners

Félix Tshisekedi, suspecting misuse of the funds allocated for his 100-day emergency programme, ordered an audit of the flyover constructions ... sites in Kinshasa. The decision has weakened the alliance.

islamic sahel terror

Belmokhtar academy

Tracking Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, West Africa’s most wanted jihadist

All the armies of the region are on his heels, as are the French, but the head of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara remains elusive. A ... portrait of the most wanted jihadist in the sub-region.

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

final question

Controversial Rwanda interview earns BBC Africa journalist sack

A BBC Africa journalist has been fired for “serious misconduct” regarding his controversial interview on the France-Rwanda relationship. ... His BBC bosses claim they were forced to act following a threat of a "complaint" from the Rwandan government. Kigali denies any intervention.

Monday, 10 February 2020

change agent

Lourenço is changing Angola. But the end destination isn’t clear

João Lourenço’s presidency has blown many previous truths about Angola out of the water. ...

Friday, 7 February 2020

AU Summit

Will Africa manage to speak with a single voice on the Libya crisis?

Security issues are expected to dominate the discussion at the 33rd African Union Summit, which will be held on 9 and 10 February in Addis Ababa. ... The African Union (AU) hopes to finally find a concerted solution to the Libyan crisis.

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