Vol 65 No 25 | NIGERIA Reforms spark a national tax revolt 12th December 2024 State governors and federal lawmakers oppose plans to centralise revenue collection in a new agency in Abuja President Bola Tinubu’s alliance with northern Nigeria, which helped him get into power last year, risks falling apart as he attempts to re-engineer the country’s revenue structure. Tinubu’s...
Vol 65 No 25 | GHANA Mahama leads a decisive NDC comeback 9th December 2024 Vice-President Bawumia concedes early to ‘preserve the peace of our country’ amid sharpening polarisation Former President John Dramani Mahama won the 7 December presidential election decisively – defeating Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and leading the opposition National...
Vol 65 No 24 | GHANA Bawumia tries to defy economic gravity 28th November 2024 Against a backdrop of slow recovery from a devastating national debt crisis, the vice-president promises to make history Using the slogan ‘Breaking the Eight’, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is vying to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in an ambitious bid to win a third consecutive national... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 24 | NIGERIA Tinubu looks to his military home boys 28th November 2024 After a spate of coups swept West Africa, the President has stacked key positions with officers from his home region Faced with security threats on multiple levels – jihadist fighters, mass unrest and would-be putschists – President Bola Tinubu is taking no chances. He is building the country’s...
Vol 65 No 24 | SENEGALWHO'S WHO PROFILE: Ousmane Sonko – Premier League 28th November 2024 Revenge rarely tastes so sweet. A year ago Ousmane Sonko was in jail, his hopes of standing in Senegal’s 2024 presidential poll clearly doomed. Now he has celebrated...
Vol 65 No 24 | GAMBIA Silence on sanctions-busting 28th November 2024 No official reaction has followed Africa Confidential and the Gambian Republic investigative website’s article on sanctions-busting by a Russian company in Banjul. The United Arab Emirates-registered company Apogee...
Vol 65 No 24 | SENEGAL President Faye set to win in parliament as honeymoon endures 15th November 2024 New alliances are unlikely to stop the popular president and his Pastef party from success in the snap legislative election If President Bassirou Diomaye Faye hoped a relaxation of nomination rules for the 17 November parliamentary elections would see opposition to his ruling Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour...
Vol 65 No 23 | GHANA Debt and inflation drag Bawumia down 14th November 2024 The green shoots of economic recovery may be coming too late for the ruling party’s electoral chances As two credible opinion polls show the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia heading for defeat three weeks ahead of the national elections...
Vol 65 No 23 | GAMBIARUSSIASPECIAL REPORT Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven 14th November 2024 A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the authorities seem uninterested An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 23 | GUINEA BISSAUWHO'S WHO PROFILE: Carlos Lopes: A leading climate voice 14th November 2024 A prominent voice on trade, economics, and climate change, Carlos Lopes, is known for his competence and combative nature. As the African Union’s chief negotiator on what became...