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Efforts to reunite Libya have been stalled by disputes over whether the country should hold elections and then form a government, or first form an interim unity government that would set the rules for elections. The legislative bodies of both the Tripoli and Tobruk parallel governments are backing the interim plan, but the UN wants …
Former Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has bared his soul in a special interview with Africawatch. From politics to the economy to agriculture to education to the banking and oil sectors to the country’s current sorry state to his personal feelings and religion, he was happy to field the questions and discuss them at length. …
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Nigeria President Bola Tinubu took office while the nation was experiencing a multi-dimensional crisis. From raging inflation to widespread poverty, from large numbers of children not in schools to broken-down oil refineries and frequent mass shootings, almost every facet of Nigerian national life appears to be in trouble. Will President Tinubu be up to the …
Nigeria: Bola Tinubu
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Quietly but surely, Equatorial Guinea, with the benefit of oil revenues, is transforming itself into a modern country. Between 2009 and 2011, it built a new gleaming and beautiful city, called Sipopo. The country has set itself the target of 2020 for transforming itself into an emerging nation. With eight years to go, the government …
Libya’s first presidential elections since the 2011 ouster of Muammar al-Qaddafi, scheduled for Dec. 24, have been postponed indefinitely. That outcome was not surprising, as the country’s two competing parliaments couldn’t agree on a framework for the vote. One major faction argued that it would premature to elect a president before a constitution was ratified, …
William Ruto, once a roadside chicken-seller in the rural Rift Valley, took office as president in September after narrowly defeating Raila Odinga in the August election. The vote was not settled until the Supreme Court dismissed Odinga’s claims of fraud, but the post-election period was relatively peaceful. Now, can Ruto’s government deliver prosperity to the …
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane says he will listen to the Senegalese people while deciding his future at Liverpool, the Premier League club, amid speculation that he could leave Anfield with just a year remaining on his current contract. Senegalese soccer star, Sadio Mane, who has been linked with a move from Liverpool to German champions …
To have an equal voice in global policies, Africans need more seats at the tables of global power, such as the United Nations and the Group of 20. The G20, a collection of the world’s largest economies, consists of 19 countries and the European Union. But if it includes the EU as a regional representative, …
Kenya Airways carried more than 5 million passengers in 2019, but lost more than $300 million in 2020, as COVID-19 curtailed travel. It wasn’t the first time Kenya Airways, like many larger carriers, needed a government bailout. Air travel is a crucial service, but in Africa, it might be more sustainable to have a few …
Burkina Faso is the third West African country to experience a military coup in the past two years. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba ousted President Marc Roch Christian Kaboré amid widespread dissatisfaction with how he was running the country, particularly his handling of attacks by jihadists, who have killed some 7,500 people in the past seven years …