Growing public anger over enforcement failures is raising doubts about whether the government can still assert its authority
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government faces a challenge that reaches far beyond immigration. The rise of anti-immigration movements across South Africa is exposing deeper doubts about the country’s ability...
Evacuations of Ghanaians fleeing xenophobic attacks have strained Accra-Pretoria ties, exposing divisions between historic Pan-African partners
The Ghana government’s repatriation of over 950 Ghanaian citizens from South Africa has yielded a surge in support locally for President John Mahama’s government even as it signals...
Accra’s roadshow hits the London stage, but investors are looking beyond the macro-data to assess the reforms
Ghana’s exit from its US$3 billion International Monetary Fund lending programme in May, followed by an economic roadshow in London including meetings with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and...
Behind the constitution debate is a struggle over the post-Mugabe state with presidential allies, disgruntled generals and a fragmented opposition testing their strength
Parliament’s debate on Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 starting on 2 June has opened a wider battle over Zimbabwe’s political order, as the bill would extend elected terms...
Health agencies and governments have announced new Ebola-related projects and promised tighter screening – but who will pay for them?
Coordination and harmonisation is the mantra of health officials as they race to contain the Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Congo-Kinshasa. With no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain beyond...
After the Tinubu government sold forward 14% of national oil production last year, it is borrowing US$5 billion from the UAE
The IMF’s warning on 9 June to President Bola Tinubu’s government of the financial risks of a US$5 billion loan package via a series of derivative contracts with...
Tinubu ally and Matrix Energy chief Abdulkabir Aliu is fighting a bid by an anti-corruption agency to police forward oil sales
The investigation into over US$20 billion of forward oil sales by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is widening its remit to include top officials of the...
In Kisumu and Mombasa, ODM's courtship of Ruto has come with a price tag — and the local voters know exactly what it is
Even a year ago, few would have imagined that Kisumu, Kenya’s main port city on Lake Victoria, and late opposition leader Raila Odinga’s fiefdom for four decades, would...
Museveni's inner circle has moved to curb a Speaker who had built her own political machine as the question as to who succeeds him edges closer
For months, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among looked too powerful to remove. She had money, reach and an expanding network inside the ruling National Resistance Movement, but those...
Behind a calm polling day is a harsher reality – fractured opposition parties, shuttered constituencies and insurgents determined to shoot their way to power
Lengthy queues formed before the polling stations opened at six in the morning on 1 June in national elections that are expected to produce an overwhelming majority for...
Self-interest is driving the redesign of global cooperation after historic cuts in aid budgets
Hopes that the swingeing aid cuts, which have reduced official development assistance by almost 30% over the last two years, might be slowed or reversed have been comprehensively...
The African Finance Corporation’s US$2 billion syndicated loan on 4 June – the largest in the AFC’s 17-year history – marked the latest success in President and Chief Executive Samaila Zubairu’s drive to transform the institution from a Nigeria-focused investment arm into a genuinely pan-continental player. The AFC had initially sought $1.6bn but increased the target to $2bn due to strong demand. New interest is coming from banks in China, Hong Kong and South Korea, which Zubairu has identified as heavyweight investors. They accounted for around 35% of participating lenders, matching the share from European banks, while lenders from the Gulf and wider Middle East provided another 25%.
The Africa Finance Corporation’s US$2 billion syndicated loan on 4 June – the largest in the AFC’s 17-year history – marked the latest success in President and Chief...
Rigathi Gachagua won the argument but lost the political battle after the High Court ruled that he was denied due process during the Senate hearing that led to...
United States President Donald Trump’s sudden interest in buying the Chagos Islands is another irritant for Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who has been frustrated by delays to...
The party is discovering that its patronage culture is disqualifying most of those best placed to lead it as Ramaphosa struggles to shape the unfolding contest
Cyril Ramaphosa has spent much of his presidency surviving political crises without ever fully restoring his authority. The Phala Phala scandal did not remove him from office, as...
The President holds all the cards – money, incumbency and a weakened opposition – but volatile states could complicate voting next January
With nearly 10.9 million votes at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary, President Bola Tinubu is confident of a resounding victory at the January 2027 polls. He will...
