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hotbed of trouble

Lake Chad Basin: Security crisis worsens with illicit weapons trade

The area surrounding the Lake Chad Basin area has struggled with insecurity for years. Terrorist activities by Boko Haram, cattle rustling, illicit ... oil trade and other illegal activities make the region a hotbed of trouble with far-reaching consequences.

grim anniversary

Egypt: How police and big bucks have taken the joy out of football

11 years ago, Egyptian football fans witnessed a massacre during a league game in Port Said between Cairo’s giant Al-Ahly and Port Said’s ... local Al-Masry. Since that day, the militarisation and ban on aspects of the game have changed the highly popular sport in the country.

OPPOSITION IN THE OPPOSITION

Ghana: Ex-President Mahama launches comeback as his allies reorganise opposition

As former President John Mahama was addressing meetings in Brussels and London last week, his allies in Ghana’s opposition National Democratic ... Congress (NDC) reshuffled some of the party’s key personnel and, according to some activists, sidelined his rivals.

People engage in a scuffle with the security officials before the announcement of the results of Kenya's presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya

universal suffrage

Kenya: Murder, corruption and chaos; who will replace the outgoing electoral boss Chebukati?

After a cancelled election in 2017, and the upheaval at the HQ of the electoral commission in 2022, will Kenya's next slate of election administrators ... be able to deliver on the promise of democracy? A series of unsolved murders and threats against the life of the outgoing chairperson of the commission suggest the road will be a long one.

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Embassy Row

Niger has a moment in Washington

Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, and presidential candidate for the 2023 Nigeria elections

Coffee With

Nigeria 2023: ‘I’m the only revolutionary in race for Presidency’, says Sowore

Blame game

US, IMF visits put spotlight on China’s role in Zambia debt crisis

Embassy Row

Niger has a moment in Washington

Coffee With

Nigeria 2023: ‘I’m the only revolutionary in race for Presidency’, says Sowore

Blame game

US, IMF visits put spotlight on China’s role in Zambia debt crisis

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poll outcome

Kenya: Raila gives UN/Commonwealth two weeks to investigate alleged electoral malpractice

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has given the United Nations and the Commonwealth a two-week ultimatum to travel to the country and ... investigate alleged electoral malpractice in the August 2022 presidential election.

Nigeria's Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde

awkward situation

Nigeria 2023: Which way will Seyi Makinde jump in Oyo State?

Who will win in Oyo State? Normally, the state would be a walk in the park for the opposition PDP, with a star governor, Seyi Makinde, in charge. ... However - in what may be similar to Rivers State - an opposition rift looks to be gifting the vote bloc to the ruling APC...

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diplomacy

How the Gulf monarchies are playing games between the east and west

A recent summit of the Gulf states, of which Chinese leader Xi Jinping was a key attendee, marked the desire of certain Arab capitals to emancipate ... themselves from their American ally. But the question remains – how far are they willing to go in Beijing’s favour?

Game of Thrones

South Africa: Why is Zuma criminally prosecuting Ramaphosa?

This month, South Africa’s high court temporarily prohibited ex-president Jacob Zuma from privately prosecuting President Cyril Ramaphosa. ... Observers say this is a continuation of a ‘judicial warfare’ stratregy that, for years, Zuma and his proxies have tinkered with to cripple Ramaphosa.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko

new friends

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa welcomes Putin ally Belarus President Lukashenko

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday arrived in Zimbabwe for talks with his counterpart in what analysts said was an attempt by ... the two leaders to "diversify" their diplomatic ties.

free press

Somalia: Is shrinking civil society space needed to end Al-Shabaab?

At the end of 2022, the Somali government circulated an informal verbal communication to media houses, urging local news outlets to submit content ... for approval prior to broadcasting. This was at the height of a sustained military campaign against Al-Shabaab and observers saw it as a move to curtail the publication of any content associated with the insurgents. But the government says it’s an effort to match the Islamist’s propaganda machine.

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