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Politics

Monday, 28 October 2019

shut down

Nigeria’s border closure bad omen for Africa’s economic integration

Nigeria recently partially closed its border with Benin in an effort to stem the smuggling of rice. ...

Friday, 25 October 2019

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 5, the fight back

President João Lourenço has a tough job on his hands trying to claw back any of the billions siphoned off by corrupt government officials in ... Angola.

Thursday, 24 October 2019

early bird

Côte d’Ivoire: Why the hurry, Guillaume Soro?

It's not Guillaume Soro's announcement that he will stand for president in Côte d'Ivoire's 2020 election that is surprising so much as the ... timing.

words and deeds

Ethiopia: Abiy inflames tensions with Egypt and Oromos

Days before Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed left Addis Ababa for the two-day Russia-Africa summit he launched a book on his political philosophy ... and made statements to Ethiopia’s parliament that have triggered both a complaint by Egypt and protests among the Oromo.

white power

‘Imposter syndrome’ explains why first black leader of South Africa’s main opposition party quit

The politicians who run South Africa’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), have probably never heard of “imposter syndrome”. ... If they had, they might have a better grasp of the problems which confront their party – and its first black leader, Mmusi Maimane, might not have been forced to resign.

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investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 4, the golden age

Portugal was the locus of much of the capital flight that happened in the post civil war years. ...

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

comeback kid

DRC: Kabila’s party sets a course for 2023

Joseph Kabila is coming back to politics, his dauphin in the December 2018 elections, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, announced at a meeting of party ... leaders in Lubumbashi last week.

investigation

Angola: Where did all the money go? Part 3, the China connection

It was great timing: China was awash with dollars, Angola needed to rebuild. China delivered almost $50bn in oil-backed infrastructure loans. ... General Kopelipa was at the heart of it.

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

accidental president

Life after power: Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan gets a second chance

Retired Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan may seem a surprising choice for UN Special Envoy on Crisis Management given his lassitude over ... the Chibok girls crisis.

why now?

South Africa: US Gupta sanctions are a bulwark for Ramaphosa

The US treasury's decision to sanction the Gupta family and associates has political as well as economic ramifications. ...

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