61/19 | Strife hampers Bio's reforms
Rowdy partisan battles and a pandemic-weakened economy are slowing the government's efforts to create jobs and invest in education and public health. Promoting national reconciliation after two decades of civil strife is proving harder than the cheerleade
21st Sep 2020
61/16 | Polls boss row
Two years after bitterly disputed and tight presidential elections political leaders have divided along party lines over the appointment of the National Electoral Commission's (NEC) new head. Mohamed Konneh was appointed by President Julius Maada Bio wh
6th Aug 2020
61/13 | Frelimo’s belated cry for help
The crash of a Bathawk microlight aircraft belonging to the Dyck Advisory Group private military contractor (PMC) in Mozambique on 15 June has thrown a spotlight on a topic Maputo and Pretoria would prefer to keep hidden – the status of this force i
25th Jun 2020
61/8 | The war for the cure
Serial financial crises and political meddling have weakened the operations of the World Health Organisation for decades but the rivalries between the United States and China over the coronavirus pandemic have taken it to new depths. Those rivalries may a
16th Apr 2020
61/8 | Hard bargaining ahead on debt and public health
Backed by forecasts from the World Bank and UN agencies of a deep recession African finance ministers are to push next week for a coordinated response on public health funding economic stimulus and debt relief at a succession of international gathering
11th Apr 2020
61/5 | George Weah at bay
The crippling petrol shortages this year have pushed up the prices of fuel and much else as commercial transporters raised their fares. Liberians angered by the steep fall of the Liberian dollar against the US dollar are venting their frustration on Pre
5th Mar 2020
61/4 | Beshir's trials begin
Reports that the Khartoum transitional government has approved cooperation with the International Criminal Court in the Hague came on 11 February after a flurry of diplomatic initiatives mostly aimed at getting Sudan removed from the United States' list
20th Feb 2020
61/4 | Spoiling for a fight
President Julius Maada Bio put firms operating in the countrys mining sector on notice when he outlined a reform programme at the annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town earlier this month. The President in power for two years has overturned the sector polici
20th Feb 2020
61/4 | 'Eco'-logical concerns
Francophone West African countries' decision to convert their CFA franc into a first version of the 'eco' a planned single currency for the whole region has sparked furious criticism in Nigeria which has called for delay amid concern that its regional
20th Feb 2020
60/23 | Brexit and a trade pipe-dream
A win for the Conservatives in the election on 12 December would mean Britain's formal exit from the European Union early next year. That would be followed by years of trade negotiations between Britain and the rest of the world. But in the short-term the
21st Nov 2019