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Botswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi

The Botswana government has rubbished claims by former president Ian Khama that his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, was harassing him. Masisi himself ... refuses to speak on the matter himself.

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Nigeria: From Ella Fitzgerald to Wizkid, Aṣa’s radical turn

With ‘V’, her fifth album, which she recorded in Lagos, Nigerian singer Aṣa has taken the time to reconnect with the local scene and collaborate ... with some big-name artists, like Wizkid.

Rare earths

US urges ‘race to the top’ for critical minerals at Africa Indaba mining conference

The Joe Biden administration told Africa’s leading mining executives and officials this week that they are poised to play a key role in the ... clean-energy revolution, but only if African officials clean up corruption and other problems in the sector.

Jumping ship

Kenya 2022: Presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s coalition shaken by defections

Distrust and disunity are plaguing former prime minister Raila Odinga's coalition just three months before Kenya's presidential election after ... two parties jumped ship to join his main rival, deputy president William Ruto.

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U.S. Army paratroopers deploy to provide airfield security at Manda Bay

Back in action

US: Biden reverses Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Somalia

Outrage in Conakry

Guinea: Doumbouya and political parties harden their tone

political muscle

Nigeria: Tinubu remains the man to beat in APC primaries

U.S. Army paratroopers deploy to provide airfield security at Manda Bay

Back in action

US: Biden reverses Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Somalia

Outrage in Conakry

Guinea: Doumbouya and political parties harden their tone

political muscle

Nigeria: Tinubu remains the man to beat in APC primaries

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Regional threat

Togo suffers its first deadly jihadist attack

It was probably only a matter of time, as terrorist groups are targeting the countries of the subregion one by one. ...

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Ethiopia: Tigray’s economy destroyed by civil war

Sixteen months into the conflict in northern Ethiopia, Tigray lies in ruins. Almost every aspect of the region’s social, cultural, economic, ... and infrastructural assets has been damaged.

Bringing reform

Côte d’Ivoire: Yves Brahima Koné, head of the Coffee & Cocoa Council, sets his sights on the East

Yves Brahima Koné is working hard to consolidate and reform Côte d'Ivoire’s coffee and cocoa sector by improving farmers' wages, traceability, ... forest protection, finding new markets and fighting against child labour.

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Caught in the middle

War in Ukraine: Dakar at the centre of a struggle for influence between the US and Russia

A Tatar in Dakar! It was the night of March 30 to 31. At the Blaise-Diagne International Airport, Moïse Sarr, the secretary of state in charge ... of Senegalese abroad, was waiting, as required by the rules of diplomatic decorum, for a very special guest: Roustam Minnikhanov.

Connecting Africa

Côte d’Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara is working to strengthen the national airline’s connections

Solicited by several of his counterparts who would like to see Ivorian planes land in their respective countries, Côte d'Ivoire’s President ... Alassane Ouattara is preparing to open a line to Paris.

Depicting African bodies

‘Back to the drawing board’: A meeting with the Franco-Beninese painter Leslie Amine

The AKAA contemporary art fair, which showcases 14 artists, is on at the Manifesta gallery in Lyon until 24 May 2022. We had the opportunity ... to talk to Franco-Beninese painter Leslie Amine about her work.

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