Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST | Zoom

Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

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Join Editor Patrick Smith and experts to explore #WestAfrica 's polycrisis and how the region can fix it. #Ecowas

The chances of Finance Minister Mthuli #Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John #Mushayavanhu making progress in talks for a staff-monitored #IMF programme have been scuppered by chaos caused from the introduction of the new #ZiG currency. #RBZ

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The West turns a blind eye to President #Kagame ’s iron fist thirty years after #genocide - deft political manoeuvres, inc. agreements to host asylum seekers from the UK and a return to la Francophonie, limits potential furore from key European states.

africa-conf.com/Genocide-Haunts

Webinar 🌍 Tues 23 April | 15:00 BST | Zoom

Where is West Africa headed after the Sahel putsches and the peacekeeper's exits? 🗓️

Register: africa-conf.com/X-West-Africa-…

Join Editor Patrick Smith and experts to explore #WestAfrica 's polycrisis and how the region can fix it. #Ecowas

Questions are raised as billionaire businessman and high-profile donor to President #Tinubu Gilbert #Chagoury - once convicted for #moneylaundering under kleptocratic ex-President #Abacha - looks to gain from no-bid lucrative 700 km superhighway project..

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Convicted ex- #DeltaState Governor James #Ibori returns to the political stage in #Nigeria , as connections in the oil-rich state prove useful to friend President Bolu #Tinubu . It comes as a raft of #Abacha -era politicians are politically rehabilitated.

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Betting that issuing #Eurobonds and implementing #austerity will provide growth and votes by 2027, #Kenya ’s President William #Ruto resists critics demanding higher public sector wages amid a fiscal squeeze. #IMF #WorldBank

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Regional President Said Abdullahi #Dani threatens already weak political authority in #Somalia as he refuses to accept a new and popular #constitution , taking #Puntland out of the federal system, and putting a hard-fought devolution settlement at risk.

africa-conf.com/Puntland-Risk

#ANC divided as President #Ramaphosa proposes that the party go into opposition rather than from a #coalition with divisive left populists #EFF , xenophobic #PatrioticAlliance or Islamist Al Jama-ah if it fails to win an outright majority in May elections.

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As #Togo President Faure #Gnassingbé faces opposition on the streets, the country lobbies #Washington for conflict prevention funds under the USA’s $1.15bn ‘Global Fragility Act’. #GFA

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A flurry of diplomacy by Kenyan President #Ruto brings in key votes as Raila #Odinga looks to edge out competitors for role as #AU chair, if he does, it will leave opposition coalition #Azimio la Umoja without a leader. #Kenya

africa-conf.com/Odingas-ODM

30 years after #Rwanda ’s genocide, the region continues to live in its shadow, as Paul #Kagame plays on western guilt to ensure that #RDF support for insurgencies in its near neighbour, #CongoKinshasa , fails to draw fury from western states.

africa-conf.com/Genocide-Haunts

Facing a post-oil world, Gulf monarchies pivot to #Africa - with over $100bn spent in #FDI on the continent by the GCC since 2012 - in attempt to extend political influence on the continent and access critical resources for renewable #energytransition .

africa-conf.com/Gulf-Influence

#Uganda ’s anti-gay law will move to the #supremecourt after the constitutional court upheld the bill but took out sections restricting #healthcare for #LGBT + people, criminalising renting property to them and failing to report homosexual activity.

africa-conf.com/Uganda-LGBT-Ru…

#Angola ’s former First Family has enjoyed a small victory after the constitutional court voided the 2020 fraud conviction of the former president’s son, José Filomeno #dosSantos , aka #Zenú , who has been serving his sentence under house arrest.

africa-conf.com/Dos-Santos-Win

Pending a court hearing, axed former Secretary-General of the East African Community, Peter #Mathuki , has not resigned from the #EAC and remains in post despite being absent from #Arusha since his recall. This has left the EAC in limbo for a month.

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The attempts by President Wavel #Ramkalawan and his Linyon Demokratik Seselwa ( #LDS ) party to prosecute top officials of the Albert René government for #terrorism and #corruption are in danger of running into the sand. #Seychelles #EastAfrica 🇸🇨

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Leading donor to #Tinubu 's presidential campaign is now the target of questions on a 700km #Lagos - #Calabar superhighway. #Hitech Construction, owned by Gilbert Chagoury and family, has been awarded a contract as a public-private partnership. #PPP #Nigeria

africa-conf.com/Lagos-Superhig…

#Cameroon | President #Biya 's government has pressed the panic button in response to plans for two opposition alliances to fight next year's elections after decades of weak champions, co-optation, repression, and fraudulent elections. 🇨🇲

africa-conf.com/Biya-Blocks-Op…

After nearly three decades of delays and litigation, production at the giant #Simandou iron ore mine will start early next year, say the main investors. The #iron ore reserves have been partitioned into four blocks. Explore our 1,908-word piece below. 🇬🇳

africa-conf.com/Guinea-Simando…