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Thursday, 12 March 2020

A hospital in Zimbabwe this month

worldwide pandemic

Coronavirus: “If we were to enter the next stage, Africa would quickly be overwhelmed”

Dr Michel Yao, Emergency Operations Programme Manager at the WHO's Regional Office in Africa, discusses Africa's next step now that COVID-19 ... has been declared a pandemic.

Participants hold candles while holding a night vigil during a commemoration ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, at the Amahoro stadium in Kigali

opposing histories

Genocide in Rwanda: The mechanisms of denial

Investigative journalist Linda Melvern has written a book analysing how Rwandan génocidaires pushed their own version of events to the world. ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya

down played

Cameroon: After a week of tensions, Macron defuses the situation with Biya

Macron and Biya put aside their differences to talk about resolving violence in Cameroon. ...

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

spy war

DRC: Death of Léon Lukaku, the head of counter-espionage, remains a mystery

The head of the counter-espionage service within the Democratic Republic of Congo’s National Intelligence Agency died on Monday, in circumstances ... that remain unclear.

advice solicited

Tony Blair, the man who whispers in the ears of Africa’s presidents

Through his institute, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the former British Prime Minister has set up cells of experts to assist ... Heads of State in accelerating their priority projects.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara

hand over

Alassane Ouattara’s no third term decision: Behind the scenes

The Ivorian head of state surprised everyone by announcing he would resign from the October 2020 presidential election. The decision, however, ... was long in the planning and highly strategic.

New Emir of Kano Muhamadu Sanusi II adjusts his headgear during his coronation in Kano

royal downfall

Sanusi arrested, moved to Nasarawa State, and replaced

Following the dethronement of Emir Sanusi II yesterday, the former CBN governor was placed under a brief house arrest. ...

Monday, 9 March 2020

An EGYPTAIR flight crew member wears a protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during service on the flight from Cairo to Luxor

number crunching

Africa and Coronavirus: three charts to better understand the epidemic

Should Africa be concerned? Below are three charts breaking down looking at the severity, transmissibility and lethality of the Coronavirus. ...

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Lamido Sanusi II (C), rides on a dressed camel during the Durbar festival, on the second day of Eid al-Adha celebration in Nigeria's northern city of Kano

double trouble

Nigeria’s Lamido Sanusi is dethroned for a second time

Lamido Sanusi was pushed out of the Nigerian Central Bank for calling out massive corruption. He has lost his position as Emir of Kano in similar ... circumstances.

Congo's President Felix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi sits before addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S.Congo's President Felix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi

Tshisekedi's stance

DRC: Tshisekedi places risky bet on rekindling relations with Israel

During his visit to the United States, Félix Tshisekedi announced that the Democratic Republic of Congo would restore diplomatic relations with ... Israel and pledged to support Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan.

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