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South Africa: Top ‘state capture’ investigator assassinated as whistleblowers reel

Gunmen assassinated Cloete Murray, South Africa’s liquidator of corruption-acquired assets, last Saturday afternoon along with his son, in ... a grisly crime that has left whistleblowers, lawyers, and liquidators hesitant to handle sensitive cases.

technology vs ideals

Is Africa’s support of Palestine waning to make room for Israel?

When cities in the Eastern Africa received Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016, many saw the tour as unusual given his arrival ... marked the first official visit by an Israeli Premier to sub-Saharan Africa in 30 years. Ahead of his arrival, African states normally voted in favour of pro-Palestinian resolutions at international organisations. But since his visit, have loyalties changed?

Vote for Sale

Nigeria’s politicians adapt new vote-buying tactics amidst cash shortage

Although the Central Bank of Nigeria launched a Naira redesign policy a few weeks before the 2023 general election aimed partly at making cash ... unavailable for vote-buying on polls day, politicians adopted new tactics on election day: electronic transfers and distribution of gifts.

influencers

African leaders in the secret world of American lobbyists

How are American lobbying firms chosen? Why are they so often solicited? From Brian Ballard to Joseph Szlavik, do these costly intermediaries ... obtain concrete results?

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decisions, decisions

South Africa: Putin’s ICC warrant and BRICS summit puts hosts in tailspin

COCOA COMPROMISE?

Cameroon’s obstacle course to join the ‘cocoa OPEC’

Sneaky sneaky

Zimbabwe: Opposition takes electoral commission to court over flawed boundaries report

decisions, decisions

South Africa: Putin’s ICC warrant and BRICS summit puts hosts in tailspin

COCOA COMPROMISE?

Cameroon’s obstacle course to join the ‘cocoa OPEC’

Sneaky sneaky

Zimbabwe: Opposition takes electoral commission to court over flawed boundaries report

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Mali – Niger: How hostage Olivier Dubois was freed

The French journalist, who worked for Jeune Afrique among other media, was released on 20 March, two years after he was kidnapped in northern ... Mali. At Paris' request, Niger's intelligence services played a key role.

Full throttle

Kenya: Raila calls for weekly anti-Ruto protests after Monday’s demos

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for weekly protests against President William Ruto’s government after his supporters on ... Monday fought riot police in running battles in Nairobi, the capital, and Kisumu, in Western region. A student from Maseno University who was out protesting in Kisumu, Raila’s home turf, was shot dead by police during the demonstrations.

‘Yellow cake’ theft

Libya’s hide-and-go-seek of its uranium

The day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that several tonnes of natural uranium had disappeared, the Libyan National ... Army claimed to have found it.

wage woes

South Africa: Union’s strike sparks 2024 political headaches

A public workers' strike, which at first appeared to be a pattern of the annual ‘protest season’, has intensified. The protests are wreaking ... havoc on public hospitals and piling fresh headaches on President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose ruling ANC party is traditionally close to rebellious unions.

Fighting words

US accuses Ethiopia of ‘crimes against humanity’ in warning to Abiy

The US on Monday formally accused Ethiopian and Eritrean forces of committing crimes against humanity in Tigray, raising the stakes on all sides ... to respect last fall’s ceasefire.

A supporter of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu holds a Biafra flag during a rally in support of Kanu, who is expected to appear at a magistrate court in Abuja

Nigerian nightmare

Nigeria 2023: Biafra agitations may deepen after divisive elections

After a violent governorship election in Lagos State where Igbo and other non-Yoruba speakers were profiled and prevented from voting, renewed ... hostility is brewing, evoking memories of a civil war that ended 53 years ago.

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