forever young Saudi Arabia: Meet the members of MBS’s inner and youthful circle Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman has put a significantly youthful stamp on a kingdom that prior to his rise had been chiefly ruled by a ... gerontocracy.
checks and imbalances Tanzania: Does latest audit point to gross mismanagement under late president Magufuli? It's been a month since the sudden passing of Tanzania's former president John Pombe Magufuli who promoted good governance. However, the latest ... audit report by the controller and auditor general (CAG) brings to light some problems and questionable decisions under the watch of the late President and his administration.
Africa takes over Ngozi, Tedros, Diop. . . Africa’s voice on the global stage African leaders are not happy with the way their countries have been treated by the rest of the world. ...
End of an era Chad: The six lives of President Idriss Déby Itno The death of the Chadian president was announced on Tuesday 20 April. Idriss Déby Itno had just been declared the winner of the election on ... 11 April, when he ran for a sixth term. From the desert expanses of the Ennedi, where he grew up, to those of the Libyan border, where he had forged an image of fearless warrior, he had weathered many storms. Until he met the rebel group known as FACT.
sudden death Chad: President Idriss Déby is killed in battle, after ruling for 30 years According to a confirmation from the national army of Chad read on national television, the newly re-elected President Idriss Déby has died ... of wounds he received while commanding his army in battles against rebels in the north.
A scandalous tale Mozambique’s $2bn scandal with shipping company Privinvest and Credit Suisse For many months, Mozambique has been trying to avoid arbitration regarding its so-called 'hidden debt' scandal. But on 11 March, both Geneva ... and Zurich’s private courts obtained jurisdiction to examine the complaint filed by Mozambique against Privinvest, the shipbuilding company at the heart of the scandal. We accessed the files of the parties on trial, which could potentially implicate many people.
Bitter aftertaste Has Gbagbo’s acquittal tarnished the tenure of outgoing ICC prosecutor Bensouda? On Wednesday 31 March at The Hague, in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Nigerian-born judge Chile Eboe-Usuji ... upheld Laurent Gbagbo’s acquittal.
turnaround time Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa undoing some of Mugabe’s land and empowerment reforms Against popular outcries, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is removing Black Zimbabweans from the land in Chilonga to make room ... for a white-owned dairy farm. His policies have strong differences from his successor, authoritarian Robert Mugabe, who took land from white farmers and gave it to Black Zimbabweans and his cronies.
sharing is caring Coronavirus: Ngozi, Diop & Tedros unite to break the vaccine deadlock in Africa WTO, IFC, WHO... Africans at the helm of the world's largest international institutions have called for greater solidarity in the global distribution ... of vaccines at the 2021 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF.
Bright Benin ‘Contemporary Benin’ exhibit highlights the brilliance of the West African art scene Idelphonse Affogbolo, the Beninese businessman behind the Contemporary Benin travelling exhibition, has set himself the mission of “participating ... in the circulation and visibility of contemporary art in Africa.”