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Hard-won lessons

DRC: ‘Time is running out for Tshisekedi,’ says researcher Christoph Vogel

The first round of negotiations between Kinshasa and the armed groups active in eastern DRC ended on 27 April in Nairobi. What should we learn ... from it? Does excluding one of the M23’s branches compromise its chances of success? Researcher Christoph Vogel answered our questions.

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Foreign meddling

Nigeria 2023: Buhari warns US to stay out of elections

Widely believed to have benefitted from tacit US support for his 2015 campaign, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is now the one warning western ... diplomats to stay out of next year's elections.

A long shared history

Morocco – US: Why the kingdom remains in the White House’s good graces

Although Rabat did not take part in any of the votes condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Washington did not hold this against it. ...

Bitcoin crackdown

Is the CAR now at risk of being excluded from the CFA zone?

Scandalised that cryptocurrencies are now considered legal tender, Central African financial authorities are planning to crack down on Bitcoin. ... But is the common front displayed within the BEAC really united?

Politics top stories

U.S. Army paratroopers deploy to provide airfield security at Manda Bay

Back in action

US: Biden reverses Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Somalia

Outrage in Conakry

Guinea: Doumbouya and political parties harden their tone

political muscle

Nigeria: Tinubu remains the man to beat in APC primaries

U.S. Army paratroopers deploy to provide airfield security at Manda Bay

Back in action

US: Biden reverses Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Somalia

Outrage in Conakry

Guinea: Doumbouya and political parties harden their tone

political muscle

Nigeria: Tinubu remains the man to beat in APC primaries

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Candidate upsurge

Kenya election 2022: A record 47 independents vie for the presidency

On Monday 2 May 2022, the registrar submitted the list of names to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the final clearance, ... in line with election timelines.

Congolese families, who fled from Democratic Republic of Congo by boat, sit in a queue at UNHCR's Kyangwali refugee settlement camp

Under pressure

With funders fixated on Ukraine, Uganda asks its neighbors to pay for refugees

With the international community occupied with the war in Ukraine, Uganda says neighbouring countries whose citizens it hosts as refugees should ... start paying for their upkeep.

technocrat in politics

Nigeria: 10 things about Peter Obi, presidential aspirant

Can Peter Obi rebalance Nigeria’s politics? Feted as an action governor of Anambra State in Nigeria’s marginalised south-east, Peter Obi ... the frugal banker turned national politician is campaigning hard to win his party’s presidential ticket.

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Mali: Moussa Diawara, the “evil genius” of Bamako

Under President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the head of the dreaded State Security was one of the most powerful men in the country. Now under lock ... and key, he is still feared.

CYRIL’S TSARS

South Africa: Who’s who in Ramaphosa’s economic cluster?

A man of many titles – freedom fighter, union founder, chief constitutional negotiator, farmer and businessman-turned-politician – President ... Cyril Ramaphosa presides over sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest economy. Amid rising populism, who does he trust to safeguard the economy?

Money in oil

Will Morocco hit the oil jackpot?

Promising prospects, attractive tax incentives, an avalanche of exploration permits... Still harbouring the ambition of becoming an oil power, ... Morocco is pulling out all the stops to develop black gold exploration.

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