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Politics

Friday, 30 August 2019

Post-power politics

Life after power: the bitter exile of Angola’s ex-president Dos Santos

Attacked from all sides by his successor, the former Angolan head of state José Eduardo dos Santos has had a hard time living through the fall ... of his family empire. But his heirs did not admit defeat so readily.

Thursday, 29 August 2019

2020 vote

Ethiopia passes new laws ahead of 2020 elections

Ethiopia’s parliament passed a new election law on Saturday 24 August ahead of the May 2020 national elections. It has raised some controversy, ... due in part to the lack of opposition consultation.

Of graft and godfathers

Former Lagos governor Ambode feels the wrath of the kingmaker

In the space of six months, Akinwunmi Ambode has gone from being governor of Nigeria's most thriving state economy to being hunted down by the ... country's anti-corruption commission.

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

national obsessions

South Africa: The white spies of apartheid

In his new book, “Betrayal: The Secret Lives of Apartheid Spies”, award-winning journalist Jonathan Ancer explores why it is that spies spy. ...

upright politicians

Nigerian officials on FBI fraud list

The long-awaited federal grand jury indictment, unsealed on 22 August by the US Attorney’s Office, California District, revealed the identities ... of 77 Nigerians reputedly participating in a huge network of fraud.

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Tuesday, 27 August 2019

now the hard part

DRC: After months, a new government finally emerges

After an all-night session on 26 August a new 65-member governing team has been named in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Monday, 26 August 2019

movers and shakers

Russia-Africa: who is organising the Sochi Summit?

From 22 to 24 October, Sochi will host the first ever Russia-Africa Summit. We take a look at the who's who behind the event. ...

federal dreams

Cameroon: Should South Africa push for intervention?

Felix Agbor Balla Nkongho is a leading Cameroonian lawyer and award-winning human rights advocate. Nkongho was detained for nine months for taking ... part in protests against the marginalisation of the legal and education systems in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon.

Friday, 23 August 2019

turf battles

Jubaland election results mired by conflicting regional interests

Regional interests shaped Thursday’s elections in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Jubaland, with two people claiming to have won the ... presidency.

diamond geezers

Russia’s murky business dealings in the Central African Republic

Gold, diamonds, weapons, money laundering, and all kinds of trafficking... the Russian presence in the Central African Republic gives rise to ... many fantasies, some wrong, but often correct.

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